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THE SOLDIER'S 
MEDICAL FRIEND 



THE SOLDIER'S MEDICAL 
FRIEND 



A GIFT TO THE SURGEONS IN THE 
SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES 
GOVERNMENT AND THEIR ALLIES 






BY 

m/o: TERRY, M.D., 

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EX-SURGEON GENERAL S. N. Y., EX-PRESIDENT U. S. BOARD OF 

PENSION SURGEONS OF UTICA, N. Y.J MEMBER OF THE 

ASSOCIATION OF MILITARY SURGEONS OF THE 

UNITED STATES, HONORARY MEMBER OF THE 

SURGICAL AND GYNECOLOGICAL SOCIETY 

OF MASS., ETC. 



THE PLIMPTON PRESS 

NORWOOD, MASS. 
1917 



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COPYRIGHT, I Q I 7, BY 
M. O. TERRY, M.D. 



All rights reserved 



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PREFACE 

THE body machine requires for perfect 
health systematic attention, which the 
soldier cannot always give, but a few things 
borne in mind may save his life. It is up to 
each individual, therefore, to keep in mind the 
essential principles for the preservation of normal 
physiology. 

Appendicitis can be avoided by adopting as 
near as possible the same hour each day for 
disposing of the ashes created by existenc^ and 
activity. It should be thorough and regularly 
performed if he wishes to avoid gall stones, 
obstruction, and many of the serious functional 
disturbances which upset the whole animal 
economy, as stomach and heart symptoms, and 
toxaemia, which may turn the tide of health into 
all sorts of complications ending fatally. 

Arteriosclerosis may be considered as harden- 
ing of the arterial walls of vessels and is largely 
the result of overnourishment and a laggard 
circulation which contains more or less toxins, 
the products of meat fermentation. Increase 
the peristalsis by lessening meat diet, substituting 



vi Preface 

as much as possible cereals, fruits, and vegetables. 
This diet will give strength, muscle, and pure 
blood, instead of the enervation resulting from 
bacteria in the intestines, largely the result of 
meat fermentation with its suspended stasis in 
the bowels. 

Germs coming in contact with a mucous 
membrane will be inhibited in their growth if 
a spray be used for the nose and throat each 
day, frequently, if possible, of liquid petroleum 
preferably to which is added oil of eucalyptus, 
apinol, or pineoleum. This means that la 
grippe, influenza, or contagious diseases will 
gain no footing and that infection will not ensue. 
So, in typhoid fever, if olive oil or petroleum 
purified be taken internally at least three times 
a day it will not only prevent perforation, but 
will aid greatly in recovery. Horse epizootics 
is prevented in the same way by using even crude 
petroleum if necessary. 

Study and try Bromine mentioned and illus- 
trated for poisoned wounds and as an antiseptic. 
In the War of the Rebellion it proved its superi- 
ority in gangrene. It has no superior for 
infected wounds. 



CONTENTS 

PAGE 

Preface v 

The Philosophy of Oil Treatment for Appen- 
dicitis, with Maxims for Ready Reference . i 

Treatment of Appendicitis 2 

Oil Treatment of Appendicitis .... 8 

The Prevention of Degenerative Changes of 
Living Tissues — How to Forestall Old Age; 
Arteriosclerosis with Its Incidental Compli- 
cations — How to Look Young and Feel 
Young 11 

Diphtheria Successfully Treated without An- 
titoxin 15 

Nature and Uses of Bromine in Medicine and 
Surgery, Especially in Septic Conditions . 18 

Food Value of Fruit, Its Antiseptic Bearing 
on Health and a Regulator of Physiologi- 
cal Functions 27 

Practical Observations on Treatment of Pneu- 
monia and Pleurisy 32 

Cancer 37 

Conservative Methods with Special Referen- 
ces to Medicated Galvanic Current in 
Treatment of Tubercular Glands, Goiter 
and Uterine Fibroids, with Suggestions for 
Treatment of Prostatic Hypertrophy ... 40 
vii 



viii Contents 

-Cpage 
Observations on Care of Children . . . . L 

Treatment of Typhoid Fever 52 

The Specific Action of Drugs and Not " Simi- 

LIA SlMILIBUS CURANTUR" NOR SYMPTOMATOL- 
OGY, The Scientific Basis of Law of Homeo- 
pathic Therapeutics 54 

What is the Matter with Doctors and Sur- 
geons ? . 56 

Some Common Sense Suggestions 58 

Preventive Features of Difficulties Merging 
into Surgical Necessity 63 

Invaluable Prescriptions and Measures for 
Various Difficulties 76 

Invaluable Prescriptions and Measurements 
for Various Ailments i 

Index 85 



The 
Soldier's Medical Friend 



THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE OIL TREAT- 
MENT FOR APPENDICITIS, WITH MAXIMS 
FOR READY REFERENCE 



TREATMENT OF APPENDICITIS 

FOR many years I have been treating appen- 
dicitis in a most radical manner and on a 
nonsurgical plan. My efforts have been directed 
in line with the cause of more than 95 per cent 
of the cases as they come to the surgeon. Vitiated 
physiology, in the form of constipation, due to 
unsuitable diet, or to neglect of the bowels, the 
failure to follow a system of regularity which 
nature invariably demands for the healthful 
performance of her functions, are the most 
frequent causes of this almost unnecessary yet 
direful difficulty. As it is almost impossible to 
instruct the public as to the importance of this 
statement and, therefore, as we must necessarily 



2 The Soldier's Medical Friend 

have these disorders to contend with, the question 
arises, How best can we manage these cases as 
emergencies? 

The principles involved in the treatment of 
appendicitis by the nonoperative plan are as 
follows: 

Catharsis, colon or high enema, fomentations 
with flaxseed poultices, and applications of hot 
sweet oil, the prolonged use of sweet oil taken 
internally, and a pultaceous diet. 

It really does not matter what cathartics are 
used (each surgeon may have his own sweet 
dose) so long as the results are accomplished. 
My experience has led me to use, whenever 
possible, castor oil and sweet oil combined. The 
former is cathartic and the latter is soothing and 
relaxing to a congested mucous membrane, 
including the entire bowel tissue. The dose of the 
former must necessarily vary from half an ounce 
to an ounce and a half. Of the latter I give double 
the quantity of the former. The sweet oil should 
be continued in doses of from one ounce to a 
wineglassful, followed by a glass of hot water, 
repeating the same every three or six hours, 
according to degree of soreness and pain. But 
supposing the patient cannot take the oil? If 
none of the mineral waters will produce the 



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desired result, give from five to ten grains of 
calomel with ten to twenty grains of bicarbonate 
of soda dissolved in a glass of hot water, repeating 
every three hours until the desired result is ob- 
tained. I have never given more than twenty 
grains. At the same time, however, it must be 
borne in mind that the external applications 
must be made of flaxseed and hot olive oil. 
Also that the enemas must be given without 
delay. At times I use three or four ounces of 
glycerine, followed by soap and water. Then, 
again, I use from half to a pint of olive oil, 
followed by the enema. I always try to send 
the oil up as far as the ileo-caecal valve for its 
relaxing effects, for this will assist in relieving 
pain. 

It will be well in severe cases to place your 
patient in a Trendelenberg position. Sometimes 
it will be best to use the knee chest position. 
So long as there is any sensitive condition in the 
region of the appendix I continue the olive oil, 
giving about half an ounce to a glass of hot water 
half an hour before meals three times a day. The 
diet should be of oatmeal gruel (strained), milk 
with salt or peptonized, and a free allowance of 
water. 

If it be asked if any recurrence takes place 



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after this treatment I say, most emphatically, 
"Yes," through neglect to observe the instruc- 
tions given, by which the same causes are set in 
motion which first induced the attack. It is 
with appendicitis as with other conditions, like 
pneumonia, tonsillitis, etc., a patient once having 
it is more liable to a recurrence than one who has 
not. If, however, by neglect, or from a cold, 
pain ensues, an immediate attention to the 
difficulty, using poultices, taking the olive oil 
and hot water and clearing the bowels is under- 
gone, a speedy relief has in my observation 
followed. Gradually the predisposition to the 
recurrences will disappear, but by neglect nothing 
but disaster awaits the patient. This is also true 
in regard to the operative procedure, for other- 
wise why do cases return to the hospital for an 
operation after the appendix has been removed? 

It has not been necessary to operate on any 
of the cases which have come under my notice 
in the acute stages, or in the recurrent stages, 
owing to the fact that I have been particular to 
instruct each of my patients in detail as to the 
importance of attending to his case in the manner 
above suggested. 

In conclusion, I will give the treatment in the 
form of appendicitis maxims — 



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1. Remember that constipation and irregu- 
larity of the bowels are the factors to be con- 
sidered, and that diarrhoea is simply an effort on 
the part of Nature to relieve impaction, conges- 
tion, and inflammation. 

2. That cathartic medicine in some form 
should be administered at once, but that half an 
ounce of castor oil and the same quantity of olive 
oil is to be preferred, followed immediately by 
a glass of hot water, which dose is to be repeated 
in three hours unless a thorough evacuation has 
been induced. 

3. That the condition of the bowels desired 
is a stool free from hard lumps and yellow in 
character. 

4. That morphine or opiates in any form should 
never be given in any state of the difficulty, as it 
smothers symptoms and arrests the peristalsis 
of the bowels, a condition found in impaction, 
which at times Nature tries to relieve by 
diarrhoea. 

5. That for pain speedy relief is obtained by 
repeated hot flaxseed poultices covered with 
hot sweet oil, or the oil may first be applied to 
the abdomen. Also that enemas of soap and 
water, or bicarbonate of soda, in the proportion 
of a teaspoonful to a quart of water, preceded 



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by six to eight ounces of olive oil, will prove of 
marked value. At times half a pint of olive oil 
thrown up by the colon tube and allowed to 
remain from three to six hours will aid in reducing 
the inflammation and assuage the suffering. 

6. That in sharp attacks the high or colon 
enema should be given, and at times the patients 
should be placed in the Trendelenberg position. 

7. That glycerine and water, in the propor- 
tion of 1 to 4 is to be used at times to dissolve 
impaction. 

8. That food in acute attacks should be 
omitted and only water allowed and that freely. 
Later, oatmeal gruel strained, milk peptonized, 
mutton or chicken broth with strained rice gruel. 

9. All of the above suggestions should be 
carried out as indicated, vigorously, systemati- 
cally, and perseveringly. 

10. The remedies used throughout as indicated, 
are: aconite, veratrum viride belladonna, bryonia 
phenacetin, calomel and soda tablets, pulsatilla, 
and arsenicum. Tinctures are given in doses 
graded to the inflammation and idiosyncrasy of 
the patient in hand. 

11. The calomel is given for two purposes in 
conjunction with the soda: (a) For its cathartic 
effect when the castor oil cannot be taken. It 



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will be necessary in these cases to give from two 
and a half grains with three times the amount 
of soda, followed by a glass of hot water, to five 
and occasionally ten grains. 

12. (b) For chronic recurrent appendicitis with 
marked thickening, and plastic exudate into the 
surrounding tissues. 

13. If you ask when to operate, I advise 
following the indicated line of rational surgery. 
If the quick pulse and pain do not subside 
speedily, or show improvement within a few 
hours, it will be good surgery to operate — if the 
patient will allow you to do so. If they do not, 
continue the "Oil Treatment" vigorously. 

14. The easily diagnosed pus case requires 
speedy surgical attention. 

15. That half an ounce of olive oil followed by 
a glass of hot water, taken half an hour before 
meals, should be continued until pain or soreness 
ceases, which may be three months. As im- 
provement ensues take two doses a day, and 
finally one. 



OIL TREATMENT OF APPENDICITIS 1 

Editor Medical Summary: 

/^\N January 21, 1885, I gave a public utter- 
^^ ance which I can authenticate to The 
Dangers Incident to Promiscuous Kissing. Six 
months later the article in substance was appro- 
priated by a Baltimore physician without refer- 
ence to mine, he publishing it in pamphlet form. 
I sent him mine and challenged him to antedate 
my public utterance, which was ignored. 

In 1889 I gave public utterance to the Dangers 
Incident to the Communion Cup. My authority 
for this advanced thought has been accredited 
by Dr. Anders of Philadelphia in the Medical 
Record when he gave the history of this advanced 
step in hygiene. 

My success in The Oil Treatment of Appendi- 
citis has been so great that Dr. Schrady, Editor 
of the Medical Record, in an editorial, said that 
in line with Dr. Terry's success Dr. Pavy of 
Australia had cured 206 cases of typhoid fever 
by using olive oil either internally or by giving 

1 Reprint from the August Medical Summary. 



The Soldier's Medical Friend g 

enemas. This article was written perhaps more 
than fifteen years ago. 

These references are given, first, to show 
that I have been a believer in the microbe origin 
of diseases; and, second, that I intend to make 
a bold statement in regard to the cure of them. 

La grippe, infantile paralysis, diphtheria, 
pneumonia, and other admittedly germ diseases 
can be prevented and arrested by medicated oil 
nebulizations. 

The Educational Bulletin No. 2, on "How 
Colds are Contracted and How Immunity May 
Be Secured," as issued by The Mulford Com- 
pany, gives the up-to-date treatment of specific 
bacterial vaccines. It is very interesting and 
instructive. But I am making the statement 
that a medicated oil inhibits the growth of 
these various bacteria, or germs, and that the 
systematic use by nebulization at least morning 
and night will prevent all sorts of contagious 
diseases. 

It is the oil given in typhoid fever that pre- 
vents perforation by inhibiting the growth of 
typhoid germs. It is the oil taken that cures 
appendicitis by suspending the activity of various 
microbes, relaxes the tissues, and then by mod- 
erate intelligence on the part of the patient and 



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physician, permanently cures; for any one 
knows the importance of clearing out the bowels, 
and keeping them regular. 

As to the air passages use the following: 
liquid petroleum (such as alboline) ounces two; 
oil of eucalyptus, or apinol, drams one or two. 
It may be necessary to use it every two or three 
hours when under an exposure. But before 
going to the city and when returning; and 
when traveling, especially if using a drawing 
room or compartment, use thoroughly, as the 
microbes are there. The most convenient nebu- 
lizer is No. 38, Whitall Tatum Company. But 
pineoleum sets are good. 



THE PREVENTION OF DEGENERATIVE 
CHANGES OF LIVING TISSUES — HOW 
TO FORESTALL OLD AGE; ARTERIO- 
SCLEROSIS WITH ITS INCIDENTAL COM- 
PLICATIONS—HOW TO LOOK YOUNG 
AND TO FEEL YOUNG 1 

In the morning: Take a hot bath lasting 
five to ten minutes, massaging the entire body by 
rolling muscles, elevating legs, and with open 
fingers pulling from feet to thighs, thus unload- 
ing the tissues of the structural changes incident 
to metamorphosis; also deeply knead the bowels 
by rolling motion from right to left following 
line of colon. 

It is believed that half of the work of the 
kidneys will be shifted by this procedure. 

Calisthenics adapted to one's age lasting ten 
to fifteen minutes following the rub will be 
found efficacious and to prepare you for the day. 
The imitation of horseback riding, swimming, 
sailor pulling, double-hip swinging motion, or a 
peristaltic twist motion are most excellent for 
the bowels. 

The bowels: No lasting health can exist 

1 Published in the Medical Summary, of Philadelphia, 
Pa., for October, 1915. 



12 The Soldier s Medical Friend 

without daily evacuations at a regular hour 
in the morning, and two are better than one. 
Keep mind on desire, and do not read, as it 
switches off concentration. 

Nature will awaken you each morning, if 
you will only heed the internal monitor which 
awakens you by a pleasant or startling dream. 
Rise at once. You will find the dial of the 
clock always the same. Wonderful is nature to 
show you the way to physiological health. 

Position in bed, in our opinion, is of much 
importance. On retiring turn to the right, 
and to the left during the morning hours. The 
changed positions facilitate intestinal movements. 

Arteriosclerosis is due to the degenerative 
changes caused by overfeeding. The supply 
and demand are not physiologically balanced. 
Physical and mental occupation are not in- 
telligently considered. Age and temperament 
are features of introspection which are not wisely 
looked into and therefore proper differentiation 
made. 

Diet suited to the conditions named; the 
quantity and quality; the systematic disposi- 
tion of effete material, thus forestalling its 
accumulation in the various organs and tissues 
of the body resulting in their degeneration, it 



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is thought should be borne in mind, if youthful 
tissues, a sprightly gait, and the alacrity of an 
exuberant soul be desired. 

Blood pressure readings, without organic lesions 
of the heart, will drop to about normal, from 
say 180 to 145 or 150, within a fewmonths without 
medicine or other treatment than the measures 
herein recommended, provided that beef, sweet- 
breads, pork, ham, sausage, and other red meats 
be dispensed with, and that only the require- 
ments of the body in each case be met from a 
diet taken from fruits, vegetables, cereals, nuts, 
and salt-water food or fish. 

As stated in other words, it is for the in- 
dividual to select from this diet, with few varieties 
at a given meal, just the requirements of his or 
her body and that the instructions be carried 
out as previously outlined. 

Appendicitis, beyond question, can be traced 
in nine cases out of ten to the violation of the 
admonitions set forth. The apparent strengthen- 
ing by a diet of beef and the like is more than 
offset by the enervation resulting from the 
putrefaction and the formation of various bacteria 
in the intestinal tract, the toxinic effect of which 
leads to sluggish inflammation of which the 
appendix is one factor. If you will but try a 



14 The Soldier s Medical Friend 

diet without meat for five days, with free move- 
ment of the bowels, the awful odor of the in- 
testinal remains of that diet will give place to 
one of which there is scarcely a noticeable feature. 

Olive oil, Mt. Clemens Salts, and the bichloride 
of mercury cor. i-iooo tablets I advise all to 
understand. Olive oil with a glass of hot water 
for its soothing effects in the bowels — and this 
is probably true of stanolax or liquid paraffin, 
alboline, and other refined petroleum products 
— is most valuable, as irritating substances are 
soothed away and bacteria are removed and their 
growth inhibited in the intestinal tract. Mt. 
Clemens Salts appears to me to be a most mar- 
velous evaporated preparation as a laxative, for 
after-constipation does not ensue, and septic 
conditions are made aseptic. This is a strong 
statement, but my observation is based on years 
of its use in practice. 

Poisoning from any form of diet, as lobster, 
fish, and the like, can best be treated by the 
suggestions in the above paragraph, but the 
i-iooo of a grain of bichloride of mercury taken 
with some water will prove to those who try it 
an almost infallible life-saver. It may be neces- 
sary to repeat the dose at intervals of two or 
three hours for two or three doses. 



DIPHTHERIA SUCCESSFULLY TREATED 
WITHOUT ANTITOXIN 1 

AS many thousands die of this difficulty, 
notwithstanding the use of antitoxin, the 
treatment I am suggesting can be used with 
the antitoxin or without it. When in practice, 
I saw all of my patients recover without the 
injection plan. 

I have called it "The Night and Day Treat- 
ment. " Get the following prescription put up: 
Tincture of muriate of iron, drachms two; sul- 
phurous acid, drachms three; chlorate of potash, 
drachms three; glycerin, ounce one; pure water, 
ounces five. 

Sig: One teaspoonful taken in a glass one- 
third full of water every 2, 3, or 6 hours, accord- 
ing to severity of case. Take through glass 
tube. 

Swab throat thoroughly, so as to keep the 
emulsion on as constantly as possible with the 
following: 1^ Flour of sulphur and glycerin 
triturated into an emulsion, ounces six; also 

1 Reprint from Medical Summary, March, 1916. 



1 6 The Soldier's Medical Friend 

tripsin one drachm and peroxide of hydrogen 
two drachms. Use clean swab each succeeding 
time and burn when used. 

If the glands are enlarged biniodide of mercury 
i-ioo tablet every two or three hours until 
better, dissolved on tongue. Without such 
enlargement: 1^ Mercury cyanuret, one- third 
grain; honey, four ounces. Sig: A teaspoonful 
every three hours between other prescription. 
Use bromine for evaporation as for typhoid, 
Bss to water Oi, or can use the formaldehyde 
and apparatus for diphtheria. There should be 
no odor from throat after first treatment. It de- 
stroys the germs if treatment is kept up day and 
night. In carrying out the treatment systemati- 
cally the patient is not allowed to sleep over half 
an hour at a time without one of the suggestions 
being carried out. I have made the interval 15 
minutes in desperate cases. 

The membrane will either slowly slough off, 
or will roll up and come away in large leathery 
pieces. 

When the membrane gets into the trachea do 
not forget the calomel vapor. With difficulty 
of breathing apply hot Trask's ointment, and 
heat it in with a hot coal shovel or an electric 
light. This gives wonderful relief in addition. 



The Soldier s Medical Friend 17 

Diphtheria demands the best and most loyal 
nursing day and night. 

The philosophy of the treatment consists in 
the destruction of the diphtheritic microbe 
which will prevent septicaemia or blood poison- 
ing, caused by the absorption of ptomains, the 
latter being due to the action of the microbes on 
tissue. 

The internal medication is a most wonderful 
antiseptic combination, the sulphurous acid being 
one of the most powerful antigermicides in 
existence that can be taken internally. Strange 
as it may seem, the usual weakness and pallor 
is not noticeable after this treatment, which is 
tonic and antiseptic. 

How to Prepare Bromine 

1^ Bromine 5ij 

Pot. bromide 3j 

Aqua O j 

Sig. Mark 1-64 



ON THE NATURE AND USES OF BROMINE 
IN MEDICINE AND SURGERY, ESPE- 
CIALLY IN SEPTIC CONDITIONS 

I BELIEVE bromine to be the most valuable 
in the list of those remedies which are to be 
thought of in various septic conditions, especially 
those which always endanger life by the inten- 
sity and rapidity of their action on the animal 
economy. 

Bromine. — Bromine is a dark red liquid of 
an exceedingly pungent odor, not unlike chlorine 
and analogous to it and iodine in many respects. 
It is a nonmetallic element found in sea water 
and some saline springs; also in certain marine 
animals and vegetables, in various aquatic 
plants, such as the water cress; in the mineral 
kingdom, and in the coal gas liquor of gas works. 

It is separated from the mother liquors of 
the salt wells with the dioxide of manganese by 
oxidization in West Virginia and Ohio, chlorate 
of potash being used as the agent in Michigan. 
It boils at 145-4 F. It evaporates readily, a 
single drop being sufficient to fill a large flask 
with its peculiar vapor. By the aid of bromine 



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of potash it dissolves in water very rapidly to 
any extent. In alcohol it loses its color in a 
few days and becomes acid from the generation 
of hydrobromic acid. It bleaches vegetable 
substances like chlorine and decomposes organic 
matters. Its combinations are decomposed by 
chlorine, while in turn in its intermediate affinity 
it decomposes iodine. It combines with chlorine, 
forming bromine chloride. This is formed by 
passing chlorine through bromine, condensing 
the vapors at low temperature. Chlorine and 
iodine are frequently found in bromine, the 
former in the American and the latter in the 
German preparation. 

It has been authentically stated that one part 
of bromine to 875 will prevent the reproduction 
of spores in boiled meat infusion; 1 to 5397 will 
prevent development of spores; 1 to 336 will 
prevent development of reproduction of bacteria; 
1 to 2550 will kill bacteria; 1 to 769 will prevent 
the undeveloped bacteria. 

Bromine was used during the War of Re- 
bellion in the military hospitals of the United 
States principally for gangrene. Its record was 
2.6 per cent mortality as against 38.4 and 51.5 
per cent by other methods. For such a purpose 
it can be prepared by dissolving 160 grains of 



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potassium bromide in two fluid ounces of water, 
adding one Troy ounce of bromine and stirring 
diligently, pouring in sufficient water to make 
the solution measure four ounces. It should be 
kept in glass-stoppered bottles. This is a suitable 
strength for gangrene and may be diluted by 
simply the addition of water. If it be thought 
best to give it internally, make a solution by 
adding 30 drops of the bromine solution to four 
ounces of water. Give a teaspoonful in water 
every three or six hours. I have used it exter- 
nally in diabetic, senile, and traumatic gangrene 
with uniform success; also in sphacelation due to 
frozen feet. My preference for it has been due 
to comparative tests in every instance of which 
it has shown superiority. 

Bromine is a remedy to become familiar with 
if you wish to secure its best virtue under the 
varying circumstances of poisoned conditions. 
At times you desire its most caustic effects; 
on other occasions simply its gentle stimulating 
yet antiseptic action. To get its whole range 
of usefulness so that one can temper the dose 
to meet the stage of the phlegmon should be 
the aim of those who desire to become thoroughly 
acquainted with this most valuable remedy. 

In the use of bromine for the treatment of 



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gangrene the strongest preparation should be 
applied in the first instance, after which the 
part should be kept continually moistened with 
a solution the strength of which may be measured 
by a solution of the color of light amber; or use 
one ounce of the preparation as prepared to 
a quart of water. As the destructive process 
ceases weaken the solution, but the part should 
be moistened unremittently until heat and septic 
inflammation abates entirely. 

Septic wounds, such as dissection cuts; 
punctured wounds, caused by rusty or ordinary 
nails; the poisoned teeth of animals, such as 
dogs or cats; the sting of poisonous insects, or 
any misunderstood focal center of inflammation 
starting up, having gained entrance through a 
small fissure or abrasion, may be treated under 
the same head by following the general procedure, 
described above. 

Let us first make a solution which may be 
easily and mathematically weakened as may be 
required as follows: 

Bromine, drachms 2 

Pot. bromidi or iodide, drachms 2 

Aqua O j, 

Mark 1-64 



22 The Soldier s Medical Friend 

Diphtheritic Poison. — A surgeon having be- 
come inoculated from a cut in his left hand 
desired to know if it were best to be treated 
by serum. The thumb was slightly swollen, 
painful, and hot. Extending up the arm to the 
axilla a very distinct red line was shown. There 
were heat and darting pains up the entire arm. 
Bichloride of mercury had been used and whisky 
and quinine taken in full doses. The focal 
center in the thumb had also been cauterized 
with carbolic acid. Having accepted my sugges- 
tion of bromine instead of other procedures, the 
finger was cauterized with a solution i to 64, and 
a weak solution, half an ounce to a pint of water, 
was kept constantly swathed over the entire 
arm. Relief was experienced immediately, and 
within three days all treatment was stopped. 
Whisky and quinine were continued in moderate 
quantities. 

A Dog Bite. — A boy having his wrist severely 
torn by the teeth of an ugly dog it was treated 
by cauterizing with the strong solution of bromine 
and afterward dressed with the same in a weaker 
form. Later on eucalyptol cerate was applied. 
Recovery was prompt. 

Shot through the Center of Left Hand by 
Toy Pistol. — Two boys were shot on a Fourth 



The Soldier s Medical Friend 23 

of July by toy pistols. The one I saw suffered 
much pain and the hand was very greatly swollen. 
After a thorough cleansing, it was dressed in a 
solution of bromine, using one drachm of the 
1-64 to four ounces of sterilized oil. The oil 
was used in this case for its relaxing effects. In 
fact I feared tetanus, a fate which followed in 
the other case. 

A Nurse with Hand Poisoned. — Perhaps 
nothing excites the hospital service more than to 
have one of 30 nurses suddenly announce that 
the surgeon states she has an infection or " blood 
poisoning." Such apprehension can very speedily 
be quieted by an immediate recourse to bromine 
dressing. Cauterize finger and apply gauze 
bandage, keeping same constantly moistened 
with a strong solution, using drachms one to two- 
thirds glass of water. Hold finger in solution 
occasionally. A speedy relief will follow. It 
may be taken internally as directed, and whisky 
with quinine used if it be thought best. I seldom 
include them. For very severe cases it would 
be wise, perhaps, to do so. 

Dissecting Wounds. — Treatment the same as 
last case. When I note the deaths which occur 
occasionally at our large colleges as a result of 
dissecting wounds I feel assured from my ex- 



24 The Soldier s Medical Friend 

perience that if bromine were kept on hand 
ready for use that the early application of it 
would in every instance save life. 

Poison Ivy. Rhus Toxicodendron. — I have 
been poisoned many times and have never found 
any application equal to this. Carbonate or 
bicarbonate of soda should be added to a weak 
preparation. For instance to a pint of water 
add one ounce of soda and half an ounce of the 
bromine solution 1-64. The soda will be grateful 
to the part affected and the bromine perma- 
nently curative. Care must be exercised in not 
touching parts of the body not involved from 
the poisoned area. Keep parts wet as constantly 
as possible. Recovery will take place in from 
five to fourteen days, if all details are observed. 

For Sinuses in Various Regions. — Openings 
from and in connection with carious bones, 
including the spinal vetebrae, ribs, ankle, knee, 
and various sinuses in connection with suppura- 
tive processes incident to phlegmonous conditions 
wherever located can be treated with bromine 
solutions from the 1-64 using 1 drachm to a 
pint of sterilized water. This may be increased 
in strength to 4 if necessary; or as the tissues 
become accustomed to it. Usually it will be 
well to add to the solutions for such purposes 



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just sufficient of bicarbonate of soda to make 
the water slippery so that the infective pus cells 
will readily dislodge, returning with the solution. 

For Purifying and Asepticizing the Hands. — 
After the usual cleansing, bromine and soda will 
be found an excellent combination for destroying 
various bacteria and removing the same. Two 
drachms to the pint of 1-64, to which add drachm 
1 of bicarbonate of soda, will, with proper scrub- 
bing, followed by alcohol, prepare the surgeon 
for any operation. After examination wherein 
the hands have come in contact with any form 
of poisonous secretions the wash afterward 
will insure safety to the individual exposed. 
Formerly I was frequently infected, making 
slow recovery. 

Septic Peritonitis or Tubercular Conditions. — 
After opening the abdomen I have on several 
occasions used the soda with boiled water to 
which has been added a bromine solution be- 
ginning with m. 15, finally increasing to drachms 
1-2 to one quart of water. The soda will aid 
in breaking up the adhesions while the bromine 
exerts its good offices. This treatment can be 
given each day. 

For Fumigation. — It will be readily seen, in 
view of the volatility of bromine and its an- 



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nihilating influence over septic conditions, that 
if placed in a ward room in which there were 
cases of diphtheria, typhoid fever, erysipelas, or 
where any poisonous atmosphere was suspected, 
such a condition would soon be under control 
and made inert. Half an ounce of the strong 
preparation to a saucer of water would be a 
proper mixture for a room 20x20. It should be 
renewed every six hours. If the room be venti- 
lated as it should be, the powerful disinfecting 
properties may be secured without the dis- 
agreeable irritating odor so characteristic of it. 
Care should be exercised not to inhale any of the 
fumes directly from the bottle containing the 
strong solution. 

The best antidote for bromine is said to be 
ammonia. 

Ulcers of Various Kinds. — It should be useful 
for ulcers of an indolent sort needing purification 
and stimulation. Drachm one of the 1-64 
mixture to 4.6 or 8 ounces of water would be 
a proper proportion. 



FOOD VALUE OF FRUIT, ITS ANTISEPTIC 
BEARING ON HEALTH AND A REGU- 
LATOR OF PHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS 

FRUIT is an antiseptic and meat is a putre- 
factive; fruit is a laxative and emolient, 
while meat constipates and engorges tissues; 
fruit dissipates odor, while meat generates stench 
in intestines. With regulated bowels, excluding 
meat, no appendicitis. 

Much has been written in recent years of the 
effects of bacteria ; or toxins, as they circulate 
through the intestinal tract. Unquestionably, 
many diseases have their source by this method 
of infection. There are a great many bacteria 
in the feces which are nonpathological, but 
streptococci, staphylococci, and bacilli exert their 
systematic effects and, again, they are kept 
under control by the phagocytes. 

Organized food from an animal source more 

quickly becomes seriously unfit for sustenance, 

' owing to the tendency to putrefaction; therefore, 

if much meat be eaten and constipation exist, 

toxins are developed, and the poison exhausts the 



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strength of the individual as well as saps the life 
and energy so essential for the performance of 
valuable work. The stench of the stools often 
shows the grade of infection of the alimentary 
canal. In most instances it is a barometer 
which should be carefully watched. If it be 
noticed, meats should be omitted and laxative 
food substituted. It is one of the peculiar gifts 
of location that the fruits and vegetables which 
thrive the best are the best food for the region. 
All fruits and vegetables are complex in makeup, 
varied in constructive elements, and so arranged 
in their respective elements as to be adapted to 
various conditions in health and to correct 
aberrations of the same. Limes, lemons, grape- 
fruit, oranges and the like contain antiseptic 
oils in the skins, and citric and malic acids 
according to their sourness. There is a form of 
fungi, the penicillium, which forms on fruit of 
this class which, it appears to me, makes it 
advisable to wash the skins well before biting 
it. Grapes are rich in tartaric acid and the 
skins in tanrin. The food value of the grape is, 
perhaps, greater than most fruits. It contains 
from 12 to 28 per cent of sugar and about 2 to 
3 per cent of nitrogenous substances. The 
seeds contain tannin, starch, and fat. The skins 



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contain tannin, cream of tartar, and coloring 
matter. The stems contain tannin, divers acids, 
and mucilaginous matter. The value of the 
juice made from any grape is determined by the 
relative proportion and composition of these 
various parts. 

Pineapples have 13.9 per cent solids, .056 per 
cent protein, .576 per cent acidity expressed, 
9.10 per cent reducing sugar, and 7.40 per cent 
cane sugar. 

Oranges range between 13 and 14 per cent 
solids, .627 per cent acidity, .486 protein, 10.66 
reducing sugar, and 5.25 cane sugar. 

Grapefruit has .381 per cent of protein, .540 
per cent, acid, citric, alkalinity and potassium 
carbonate, .589, 3. n reducing sugar. 

Limes have 5.26 per cent of acid and 2.33 of 
sugar. 

Tamarind or tamarindo contains the highest 
per cent of acid and of sugar, the latter being 
30 per cent, which is marked by the amount of 
acid to such an extent as to scarcely be detected, 
except by the after taste. This fruit, used largely 
for refreshing summer drinks, and flavoring 
soda-water sirups, contains mild purgative prop- 
erties. We believe it is used in preparing the 
confection of senna. A preparation called Tamar 



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Indien I formerly used, which is, undoubtedly, 
made of this fruit. The banana (Plantano) is 
the principal food used by a class in Cuba, and 
its use has extended greatly in this country. It 
contains 1.7 per cent proteids, 1.6 fats, 25.7 
starch and sugar, or total food units of 28.8 per 
ounce. It is stated that owing to the varied 
nature of reducing sugars found in fruit products 
it is, at times, expressed as dextrose, but in no 
case is reducing sugars pure dextrose. With 
pure fruit and fruit juices the reducing sugars 
are made up of practically equal parts of dextrose 
and levulose. 

Constipation is a fearful blockade of the 
physiological processes. It is the cause, in my 
opinion, of more than three-fourths of the cases 
of appendicitis. I almost dare say 95 per cent 
for assuming that bacterial infection produces 
toxicity, and appendicitis being the sequela, as 
many surgeons have asserted, you can readily 
see the importance of an active peristalsis. " Now 
it is just here where fruit plays an important 
part. Its watery elements and acidity in a 
complex state appears not only to arrest putre- 
faction, but by its solvent action allays irritation 
and acts favorably as a laxative. It will be 
noticed by an experimenter that grapefruit for 



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breakfast without meat will be a good beginning. 
That some sort of fruit or a variety should be 
on the table. It should be there as a reminder 
of its efficiency for your well being. By par- 
taking of it you will avoid the temptation of 
eating too much solid food and it will be a sentinel 
protecting you from the plethora of excessive 
nourishment. Yes, fruit should always be on 
the table as an indispensable auxiliary for the 
maintenance and continuance of healthy physio- 
logical life. Remember that the stench of the 
stool means the suspension of meat products and 
the resort to the more laxative fruits. Certainly 
cereals and nuts will take the place of meats, 
especially if a good selection be made from the 
vegetable kingdom. Begin the day with a 
glass of hot water, with vichy, if you want your 
stomach cleansed and your kidneys cleared of 
uric acid or other products separated through 
this important organ, then follow with the 
antiseptic, health-giving fruits and your toxins 
will largely vanish and good spirits will take 
place of depression as will activity supplant 
lethargy. 



PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE TREAT- 
MENT OF PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY * 

TWO general conditions will now be con- 
sidered. First, a septic process, which 
may be initiated by influenza, la grippe, or a 
diplococcus; and, second, the inflammatory form 
which is initiated by exposure. The latter 
may contain among the elements diplococci. 
Whether such be the case or not, it will not 
matter in its treatment. 

The first stage of the pneumonia process, 
whether septic or inflammatory, has about the 
same characteristics, commencing with a chill, 
fever, rapid breathing, etc. One distressing 
symptom, however, is the lack of moisture in 
the respiratory tract. It is just here that great 
damage can be done by a misapplication of 
remedies, the two capable of performing the 
most being quinine and morphine, for the reason 
that each of them not only arrests the normal 
secretions, but seriously embarrasses respiration, 
thus throwing extra work on the heart, a con- 

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The Soldier s Medical Friend 33 

dition which frequently terminates a case by 
so-called " heart failure." 

A remedy like quinine, which in full doses 
is a congestant, causing cerebral hyperemia, 
and in excessive doses especially poisonous and 
capable of producing unconsciousness, a remedy 
which also decreases reflex action by its depress- 
ing effects on the spinal cord, and even going 
so far as sometimes to cause cardiac paralysis, 
must be looked upon with suspicion. 

It is said that quinine prevents the oxygen- 
bearing powers of the corpuscles/ But it is 
thought that this refers more particularly to 
poisonous doses. If it were in very small doses, 
in conjunction with expectorants, in the latter 
stages of pneumonic inflammation, or during 
the time of resolution, it is quite probable that the 
depressing condition so marked by its use in 
the beginning would not follow. 

No one has a more exalted opinion of this 
remedy than the writer of this paper when used 
as indicated, noting well the difference between 
the primary and the secondary effects. 

In regard to morphine there is but little to 
be said in its favor in any condition pertaining 
to the inflammatory action affecting either the 
lungs or pleura. 



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Contrary to the idea, which seems to be quite 
generally accepted, that heat and moisture upon 
the outside of the chest ought to be relegated into 
obscurity and considered as primitive in the treat- 
ment of these difficulties, it is still thought best 
to adhere to the flaxseed poultice, or antiphlo- 
gistine applied hot and repeating its use as often 
as may be necessary, say every three or four hours, 
and oiling the skin to prevent excessive hyperemia 
and soreness. The modern cotton jacket in a 
few cases has been tried, but its use has not been 
satisfactory. It is an advanced measure only so 
far as the ease with which it can be accomplished. 
When the case has arrived at the stage of resolu- 
tion and expectoration is free, a cotton jacket 
may then be substituted as a procedure to pro- 
tect the patient from changes of temperature. 

The first treatment by medication in pneu- 
monia is combating inflammatory action. If 
it be of the strictly inflammatory variety, such 
remedies as aconite, belladonna, veratrum vir., 
and gelsemium, in small and frequently repeated 
doses, according to the susceptibility of the 
patient, are the proper ones. There need be no 
hesitation to use from the beginning in connection 
with them remedies which stimulate secretions 
from mucous membrane surfaces in this locality, 



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namely, tartar emetic, ipecac, chloride of am- 
monia, bryonia, and lobelia. By giving these 
remedies, selecting and combining if you wish, 
according to the necessity of the case, inflamma- 
tion will be placed under control, free expectora- 
tion established, and resolution reached safely. 
More than 95 per cent of cases treated in this 
manner from the beginning will terminate 
favorably. 

In septic or contagious pneumonia, such as 
la grippe or influenza, remedial measures should 
be applied locally in addition to the treatment 
outlined. It is also well to have constantly evapo- 
rating in the room of the patient antiseptics, 
such as creolin, etc. Thirty drops of eucalyp- 
tus or pine-needle oil in one pint of water is the 
proper strength to be used, placing the same in 
an nonoxidizable receptacle. These should be 
changed every three hours in rotation or two of 
them in alternation. The air cells of the lungs 
are, therefore, constantly medicated with anti- 
septic vapor. 

In an inflammatory process of germ origin 
the respiratory tract is less liable to moisture 
than by the inflammatory process strictly by 
reason of the local irritation incident to the 
millions of microbes. It is for this reason that 



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an antiseptic moisture is supplied to counteract 
local effects. 

This form of difficulty also demands stimulants 
usually earlier than the inflammatory form, in 
which case it is not always needed, and the 
cough is apt to continue longer, harassing the 
patient by that local teasing irritation which is 
similar in character in its effects with the germs of 
pertussis or measles. An antigermicidal treatment 
throughout in this form is thoroughly advocated. 

An acute pleurisy may be a complication or 
a distinct process. Morphine in such a case is 
no more necessary for the acute pain than for 
the other form of inflammatory action. Heat 
and moisture with small doses of aconite, veratrum 
vir., bryonia and belladonna as indicated, singly 
in or by combination with some of them, will be 
quite sufficient to promptly relieve the patient. 

It will be noticed that nothing has been said 
about effusion in the pleural cavity. If a physical 
diagnosis shows such a condition continuing 
without improvement to an extent demanding 
aspiration it should be done without hesitation. 

There has been no mortality in the line of treat- 
ment laid out for over thirty years. Ex-Surgeon 
General W. H. Watson had a longer record of no 
losses in this disease using same line of treatment. 



CANCER * 

THERE are degenerated moles, and small 
skin cancers, on the face and other parts 
of the body having an area of not over one inch 
which can be permanently eradicated by the 
Marsden's Paste, formerly used in the London 
Skin Hospital, but I think now discarded. The 
paste appears to have an affinity for the morbid 
cells and will be much more efficacious as to per- 
manency in such conditions than the knife. I am 
positive in regard to this, as I have succeeded 
after the knife had failed. I am speaking as a 
surgeon who has operated on cancers in various 
parts of the body. Perhaps I can do no better 
than to confine myself to these cases, illustrating 
my methods rather than simply to give the 
prescription. 

The prescription is: Arsenious acid and 
pulverized acacia in the proportion of one to 
three, yet at times I have used equal parts. Mix 
the powders with just enough water to make 
the consistency of cream. Do this after the 
case is ready for the application. In the case 

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38 The Soldier s Medical Friend 

of a skin cancer of the leg so diagnosed by Dr. 
Chas. Heitzman the author of " Morphology " and 
instructor in microscopy, the following method was 
pursued: Area of cancer one inch, with an eleva- 
tion of granulating tissue encircling one-quarter 
inch. This was first removed with a knife and the 
specimen sent to Heitzman. It soon returned. 
I then encircled it with surgical plaster by cutting 
an opening in the plaster and fitting it just 
beyond the morbid tissue. The application was 
made with a small brush and allowed to dry, which 
takes but a few minutes. Sterilized gauze was 
then placed over all. I watched and cut away 
dead tissue, dressing with an antiseptic cerate 
like eucalyptus. When inflammation had sub- 
sided I simply applied dry gauze ascepticized. 
The healing was without contraction, as will be 
the case in most instances if judgment is exer- 
cised. 

In this case uncovered bone to the extent of 
three-quarters of an inch made it necessary to 
make a transplantation. Until I was assured 
of healthy healing the uncovered bone was 
preserved by a constant coat of oil or cerate. 
Then between the sliding flap and grafting a 
permanent cure was made. 

The illustrated case shows how to remove 



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degenerated moles, or skin cancer on the face 
and there will be less of a cicatrix than with 
the knife, and the cure, owing to the affinity of 
the arsenic for morbid conditions, will be less 
liable to recurrence. A nodule the size of an 
ordinary marble, following removing of the breast, 
for cancer, resulted in a permanent cure. 



CONSERVATIVE METHODS WITH SPECIAL 
REFERENCES TO THE MEDICATED GAL- 
VANIC CURRENT IN THE TREATMENT 
OF TUBERCULAR GLANDS, GOITER AND 
UTERINE FIBROIDS, WITH SUGGESTIONS 
FOR THE TREATMENT OF PROSTATIC 
HYPERTROPHY 

IT is a great blessing to humanity that surgery 
has been perfected to the extent to which it 
is. Humanity may well greet the self-sacrificing 
surgeon with unsparing thanks for the greater 
improvements to come. This article is not, 
therefore, calculated to take away any honor 
from that branch of medicine for attempting to 
relieve advanced pathological conditions mani- 
fested in so many ways, but to use more con- 
servative measures during the early stages; to 
direct the attention of the surgeon to the causes, 
or early treatment of diseases by other meas- 
ures than the knife, instead of the effects of a 
disease; and, lastly, to promulgate treatment 
which can be carried out by the practitioner in 
the hamlet, town, or city as, in the wisdom of the 
physician or surgeon, would seem best. It is 



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to be hoped, therefore, from these preliminary 
remarks, that my position may be so clearly 
outlined that the surgeons will be likewise more 
moderate in their criticisms of conservative 
measures suggested than they would be other- 
wise. 

Most of the profession are inclined to look 
upon tubercular disease as one only measurably, 
if at all, curative. Perhaps all will concede 
that cases showing various characteristics of 
the disease get well, but to state any positive 
measure that will absolutely eradicate so tenacious 
a microbe as the tubercular bacillus many will 
hesitate to concede. I shall, therefore, without 
any such presumption, offer some thoughts for 
consideration, the same having been the result 
of observations extending over an interval of 
more than fifteen years. 

The intent of this paper to some extent is to 
strike at the tubercular microbe in, at least, one 
of its pathological manifestations and it is not 
intended to illustrate it by the use of the knife. 

I wish to illustrate and show the methods 
by which cervical tubercular disease can be 
made to disappear as well as other growths 
without the knife. Glands about to break 
down must be surgically treated, but cervical 



42 The Soldier s Medical Friend 

enlargements, it matters not how many there 
may be, whether one or fifty, will quite readily 
disappear under the medicated galvanic treat- 
ment. By "readily" I mean in from three 
months to two years. The greater number 
will disappear within ninety days. There will 
be some which will extend well toward the latter 
period named. 

If it be true, by this treatment, one can get 
the results, which have been my observation for 
so many years, to note what a blessing to the 
young women who are ever on the alert, con- 
scious of deformity and desirous of avoiding 
scars. Deformities must more or less necessarily 
follow the use of the knife, as most practitioners^ 
and surgeons know, in order to eradicate these 
not at all uncommon growths. 

The water used for the electrode contains 
the chloride of ammonia and the tincture of 
iodine. I am not particular as to the quantity 
or strength of these solutions. Half an ounce 
of the chloride of ammonia and 15 drops of 
iodine to a quart of water will be sufficiently 
accurate for illustration. 

As to the Method of Application. — The posi- 
tive pole is to be placed at the back of the neck 
and the negative pole over the enlargements 



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on either side. The medicated current can 
usually be tasted at once by the person under 
treatment. As to the strength of the current 
it will depend largely upon the individual. 
Patients can take from 20 to 50 milliamperes. 

Without a galvanometer the patient can 
determine the proper strength of the current 
most suitable, for the sensation on application 
will be simply a mild degree of warmth to that 
of burning. From 10 to 15 minutes is usually 
the length of time for treatment and a repetition 
should be made, if possible, every five days, 
until marked improvement is noticed and then 
at intervals of one or two weeks. 

This same treatment is applicable in cases of 
goiter. Good results may be obtained in from 
three to twelve months; the same as for cervi- 
cal enlargements. In girls a goitrous condition 
will frequently disappear absolutely. In per- 
sons more advanced, changes for the better are 
slower and greater perseverance is required. 

As to the treatment of fibroids of the uterus 
by the medicated galvanic current, although 
it has been stated by some authors that this 
method of cure has been largely discontinued 
by many who formerly used it, yet I am quite 
sure that in well selected cases any surgeon who 



44 The Soldier s Medical Friend 

has the patience to continue this treatment, 
awaiting the gradual disappearance, reduction, 
or arrest of the enlargement, before resorting to 
the more dangerous plan of excision, will feel as 
satisfied over the results as the patient will be 
grateful. 

The positive pole sponge is placed over the 
abdomen and the negative pole — a copper 
electrode — is passed into the uterus as far as 
it will go or against the curvex. The vaginal 
part of the electrode should be insulated, which 
can be done by slipping over it a piece of rubber 
tubing, pushing it up to the neck of the uterus 
after the electrode has passed in as far as it will go. 

In case of a bleeding fibroid or a hemorrhagic 
condition incident to fibroids the positive pole 
is used for the uterine cavity until that feature 
of the case is corrected. For the reduction of 
the growth, however, I depend more upon the 
negative pole in the uterus, for this is really the 
dissolving pole. 

The electric pad used for the abdomen should 
be of sufficient size to cover the borders of the 
growth. Patients can take from 200 to 500 
milliamperes. Here, too, the patient is able to 
state the amount of current he can tolerate 
without the galvanometer. The interval of 



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treatment for these cases is from 20 to 25 minutes. 
I usually give them for 20 minutes and the last 
five minutes a small sponge is applied over the 
sacrum in place of the abdomen. This has the 
effect of relieving backache, and its passage 
through the uterus posteriorly adds value to the 
efficiency of the treatment. When applied from 
the sacrum to the uterus it is always given much 
weaker; usually from. 50 to 70 milliamperes. 

Hemorrhages are frequently stopped after 
two or three treatments and uterine fibroids 
have been reduced to such an extent that they 
remain as innocent growths, not causing any 
trouble. I can now recall one of nine inches 
being reduced to four and a quarter; one of six 
inches to three; and since August, 1901, to 
August, 1902, I have given a woman 25 treat- 
ments for a fibroid of six and one-half inches 
internal measurement, which has been reduced 
to two and seven-eighths inches. 

Much has been written of late in reference 
to the treatment of prostatic hypertrophy in 
men advanced in life. The chronic cystitis, the 
decomposed residual urine, the catarrhal diffi- 
culties, which extend up the urethra to the 
kidneys, all have a tendency to undermine the 
constitution of the man, making him a subject 



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for commiseration and one of marked interest 
to the profession. The ingenuity of surgeons 
has been well taxed in their efforts to relieve so 
annoying and many times fatal a difficulty. 

Prostatectomy, in my opinion, is the only 
surgical procedure to be undertaken for the 
radical cure of these difficulties. The enuclea- 
tion of the gland from its capsule is not a proce- 
dure wherein great danger is involved, and the 
relief and results following the operation have 
given the greatest satisfaction to surgeons. I 
am not prepared to state that every case of 
hypertrophied prostate — the far advanced, for 
instance — can be reduced to its normal size 
by the medicated galvanic treatment, yet it 
should be tried. The earlier condition, however, 
of enlarged prostate is that of hyperplasia and 
absorbable, and it is just this stage of change 
wherein I wish to recommend this medicated 
galvanic current. See also prescription in this 
book. 

The two following methods may be tried: 
The first one is by placing the positive pole over 
the sacrum and the negative over the perineum. 
The surer and possibly better method would be 
to place a covered positive electrode in the rectum, 
by the aid of a speculum, the negative pole or 



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urethral electrode being placed in the prostatic 
portion of the urethra. By this latter method 
a very week current should be used, similar to 
that by Newman's method for urethral stricture, 
namely, about ten milliamperes for an interval 
of five minutes. 

This treatment was suggested by me about a 
year ago to a physician, which he used in case 
of himself with marked relief. Within six weeks 
I have been permitted to try it, using the negative 
electrode in the prostatic portion of the urethra, 
and although only one treatment was given the 
relief was most satisfactory. Before the treat- 
ment it was with difficulty that a small catheter, 
No. 8, was passed; now it can be done with the 
greatest of ease, thus giving proof of the absorp- 
tion of hypertrophied tissue, which must have 
taken place. 

There are times when we can afford to defer, 
and carefully and in a painstaking manner give 
the patient the full benefit of the doubt, and in 
a certain per cent of cases obtain results more 
gratifying than by surgical methods. 



OBSERVATIONS ON THE CARE OF 
CHILDREN * 

CHILDREN are sensitive plants and require 
gentle methods to deal with their deli- 
cate mechanism. The hot season has its special 
disorders. We will now show the importance 
of sterilized milk, and the importance of using 
evaporated cream. The foods for the young 
have been given thorough attention, and the 
manufacturers such as, Horlick's, Nestle's 
Eskay's, Mellin's, and the like crave your in- 
vestigation of all that pertains to the elementary 
constituents of each and how the results are 
obtained. 

Bread from the whole wheat and the intel- 
ligent selection of fruits and vegetables, eggs 
and sea food, as the age will admit of it, is the 
best way to forestall disease. I have mentioned 
no meat — which appears unnecessary for them, 
as it is largely the source of putrefaction, toxaemia, 
and the surgeon's pet operation, appendicitis. 
Regularity of the bowels each day at the same 

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The Soldier s Medical Friend 49 

hour is as essential to children as to adults, for 
neither can escape intestinal, stomach, or physio- 
logical disorders, the beginning of functional 
disturbances which so often lead to organic 
conditions — and the surgeon's knife, or the sud- 
den ending of his or her career unless these 
important facts be considered seriously and 
acted upon and carried out continually and 
faithfully. The principles above enunciated have 
to do with health, strength, and longevity. 

There is nothing more advantageous than, 
fresh air, night and day, nor the hot bath to 
clean out the skin tubes — so many miles long — 
which cover the body. If the hot bath is not 
taken it is an incomplete performance, for meta- 
morphosed products of waste, if not cleared from 
the skin, produce a toxaemia, to an extent de- 
pending upon the energy and v^gor of the kidneys 
and the bowels. Cold water to close up the pores 
or as an invigorator finishing the bath may be 
done in a variety of ways and there is no 
objection. 

Of course the teeth and tongue are regularly 
brushed at least twice a day, and ten to fifteen 
minutes of calisthenics should be gone through 
as a part of the morning care of the machinery. 

As this is a general article adapted to the 



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varying ages of children, it will take little gray 
matter to elect what is adapted to and what is 
intended for each age. 

As for remedies for intestinal difficulties, if 
they occur in the form of diarrhoea (believe me, it 
is Nature trying to cure conditions induced by 
imperfect dietetic knowledge or neglect), there 
are two things to consider: (i) The causes; 
(2) the condition, and here is where we depart 
from ancient methods. Instead of astringents 
for the diarrhoea, and anodynes for the pain, clear 
out the bowels, ridding the canal of bacteria of 
every form, and there is nothing so good as olive 
oil to do it, yet petroleum purified may be 
considered. 

The old method of tying up the microbes for 
more deadly work, and to arrest peristalsis for 
better opportunity, has been supplanted in this 
article by smothering the germs or inhibiting 
their growth, and then casting them out into the 
world for burial or incineration. 

Now the oil insinuates itself into the rugae 
of the lumen of the intestines, stops the formation 
of toxins, and the entire lining is made uninhabit- 
able for bacteria and restored to a normal condi- 
tion until erroneous methods are taken up in 
dietetics. 



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For the quantity of oil and hot water at each 
dose; the frequency, whether every three or 
six hours; the dose, whether it be 30 drops, with 
a little lemon juice and a glass of hot water, or 
half an ounce; conditions and the age must be 
the criteria. 



TREATMENT OF TYPHOID FEVER 

The following has been my method for treat- 
ing typhoid fever for many years past, and it 
proved so successful in my hands that I have 
not lost a case. 

i. First clear out the bowels. 

2. As it is the typhoid microbe that causes 
perforation of the intestines, give a tablespoon- 
ful of olive oil, followed by a glass of hot water 
every 3 or 6 hours. Five drops of essence of 
peppermint can be added to hot water if so 
desired. If unable to retain it, give an enema 
of half a pint of the olive oil, using rectal once 
each day. 

3. Need not urge nourishment for a few 
days if patient can retain the oil. 

4. When beginning feeding give peptonized milk 
in alternation with cereals, but no meat broth. 

5. Compress of water kept constantly over 
region of Peyer's glands. 

6. Bichloride of mercury tablet 1-1000 three 
times a day until bladder irritation (antiseptic), 
then discontinue. 

7. Sponge off patient every 2, 3, or 6 hours, as 
seems necessary for reducing temperature. 



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8. The tooth brush is most important to scrub 
the tongue and teeth to clear off the various 
microbes, and sordes. It should be used 2 or 3 
times a day at least. In the water use an anti- 
septic or tooth paste, such as zymole or similar 
preparations, like listerine, carbolic acid, iodine, 
and sodium bicarbonate. 

9. There will scarcely be a mortality with this 
treatment, provided the best of nursing, pure air, 
the discharges and kidney secretions be received 
in antiseptic receptacles and properly removed. 

10. Every effort should be made to remove 
the cause of the infection. 

11. To purify the air should there be any 
odor or impurity, burn sulphur, use the small 
formaldehyde apparatus, or evaporate bromine. 

12. Give your druggist this: 1$ Bromine two 
drachms; bromide of potash two drachms; water 
one pint. Keep in glass-stoppered bottle and 
do not inhale it directly from bottle. Mark it 
1-64 Poison, For External Use. Now use, putting 
about a tablespoonf ul in a bowl of water, allowing 
it to be placed in some part of room, changing 
twice a day. You have in this one of the best 
antiseptics. It will permeate the entire room 
and region and will not be unpleasant used in 
that way. 



THE SPECIFIC ACTION OF DRUGS AND 
NOT "SIMILIA SIMILIBUS CURANTUR," 
NOR SYMPTOMATOLOGY, THE SCIEN- 
TIFIC BASIS OF THE LAW OF HOMEO- 
PATHIC THERAPEUTICS 

THE proving of remedies by giving them 
in appreciable doses to healthy human 
beings establishes the individuality of each of 
them, and such provings are of use in that they 
point out in no obscure manner the tissues and 
organs for which they have an affinity. Tissues 
and organs give out characteristic symptoms 
when diseased, and the same tissues and organs 
will give out the same cry when not diseased 
when they happen to be connected by peripheral 
nerves with ganglia, or roots of nerves, which 
are receiving impressions from distant regions 
involved in functional or organic disturbances. 
"Similia Similibus Curantur" cannot be true, 
therefore, in a reflex difficulty, and sympto- 
matology must be deceptive and unreliable. 
The law of specific medication, then, is only 
applicable in cases where the symptoms proceed 
directly from the part involved, as in pleuritis. 
For the numberless pains incident to spinal 



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hyperesthesia, which condition may be due to 
traumatism or to a reflex disturbance from a 
diseased organ, the " indicated" remedy must 
ever prove futile. Such prescribing is not in ac- 
cordance with the law promulgated by Hahne- 
mann, for the proving of remedies indicates their 
specific action, and a reflexed condition, although 
apparently within the limits of the law, is not, 
as already shown. 

The practice of medicine to-day is being 
directed to its proper channel, namely, the 
removing of the causes of symptoms. Hereafter 
we shall consider symptoms not so much as 
indicating certain remedies, but as a peripheral 
line to be taken up and traced like the thread of 
Theseus into the subterranean cavern, following 
it to its root, and from thence into the various 
branches of a given plexus, or ganglia, for the 
cause of the reflexed pain if such it be. Home- 
opathy is not " similia Similibus Curantur," 
symptomatology, nor small doses, but a law 
having a scientific basis from the fact that each 
remedy has a specific action on certain tissues 
and organs in the animal economy. When 
morbid conditions have been found to exist and 
the causes removed, remedies given in appre- 
ciable doses will usually produce favorable results. 



WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH THE 
DOCTORS AND SURGEONS? 

WHAT is the matter with the doctors and 
the surgeons? One has but to watch 
the weekly reports in medical journals to become 
aware of the fact that members of the profession 
are either wanting in physiological knowledge 
or that they are sacrificing themselves to the 
imperative duties incident to it. Gallstone 
operations as well as appendicitis are common, 
with an occasional fatal result. One member of 
the profession passes on from pneumonia each 
day in the United States — and this is an under- 
estimate. 

The first two unnecessary conditions can be 
prevented by avoiding food which develops 
putrefaction in the intestinal tract, as shown 
by the awful odor in the stools, which is prin- 
cipally, if not wholly, from the ingestion of beef, 
ham, veal, sweet breads, and mutton or lamb 
in conjunction with the feature of stagnation, 
or suspended peristalsis due to the irregular at- 
tention given the bowels. As a result of this 
there is an opportunity given the development of 



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various kinds of microbes of a more or less 
deadly character. It is here that pathological 
results are created in the gall bladder and appen- 
dix, so unnecessary, as stated. 

Let the doctor determine upon the hour for 
the physiological and systematic demands of the 
bowels — then keep that hour regardless of duties. 
The best time to select is between six and eight 
in the morning, as other dates cannot well be 
arranged during the day. 

As for pneumonia, discontinue for yourselves 
as well as for your patients that destroyer of lives 
opiates in all forms — which kills by drying 
up the secretions, creating a condition so fre- 
quently reported under the head of " heart 
failure." If my admonitions will be accepted, 
mortality will almost cease in your cases as well 
as that of your patients. Pain does not kill — 
only the wrong treatment. 



SOME COMMON SENSE SUGGESTIONS 1 

LIVES are daily sacrificed and diseases are 
daily communicated by the promiscuous 
habit of kissing. As a custom it should be 
abandoned by women in their greetings. 

It is within my remembrance that a boy was 
suddenly stricken down with that direful mal- 
ady, diphtheria. The mother kissed the son most 
affectionately, but it was the kiss of death for 
her. I have no doubt that other physicians 
have noted similar observations. 

In the sacred precincts of the fireside when 
death has laid its relentless hands on one of its 
members, the common practice of kissing is 
liable to induce septicaemia, and thus other 
precious lives be exposed to the venomous sting 
of death. As you can see more easily the action 
of a drug when given in a large dose, so you will 
see more pointedly the danger arising from kissing 
by giving an illustration of a malignant disease. 

There is no longer any doubt in regard to the 
inocculability and infectiousness of consump- 

1 The Paper Read by Dr. M. O. Terry on Kissing as a 
Medium of Communicating Diseases. (1889.) 



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tion. It is an established fact that it is con- 
tagious. When you remember that more die 
by its insidious hands than from any other cause, 
but few families or relatives of families can be 
exempt from it. This being true, should not 
persons visiting such unfortunate individuals do 
away with the accustomed mode of greeting by 
kissing? A disease which has resisted the 
treatment of the most skilled up to the present 
day should be prevented, if possible. Is human 
life to be sacrificed for the sake of conforming 
to a custom? Change the custom, and other 
ways of greeting will be equally popular and 
much more sensible and safe. 

The bacillus of phthisis is a minute form of 
organized life, which acts so subtlety that the 
introduction of it into the system would not be 
manifested by any immediate symptoms. As 
surely as "a little leaven leaveneth the whole 
lump," just as surely will the microscopical 
germs multiply in the organism in the most 
marvelous manner. Soon there will be a hacking 
cough, some elevation of the temperature, hoarse- 
ness or shallow voice, and the work of destruction, 
now noticeable, goes on until its victim can no 
longer resist its invasion and death claims the 
victory. 



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There is a disease more terrible than the two 
previously mentioned. It is peculiar to no 
grade in the social world; it is handed down 
"unto the third and fourth generation/' when 
it gets thoroughly seated in the system, unless 
treatment be continued for years. It is more 
terrible than cancer, for that is not hereditary. 
It is constitutionally destructive, while cancer 
is more locally so. It eats away the palate, 
destroys the hearing, softens and disintegrates 
bones, and in its hereditary descent produces 
malformations of brain and body. It is known 
as syphilis. It exists very extensively in this 
country, but more so in other parts of the globe. 
A person may have the appearance of health, 
yet the system may be poisoned by it. Such a 
person kissing another upon the lips free from the 
disease could communicate it. Every physician 
has seen these cases in hospitals or in private 
practice. Laying aside the question of heredity, 
a dissolute husband may convey it to his wife, 
and she in turn to her children or lady friends 
through kissing. 

Care should also be exercised in handling 
money, as it is frequently filthy and poisoned. 
The fingers coming in contact with the eyes, 
nose, or mouth, are liable, under circumstances 



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mentioned, to be the starting point of a consti- 
tutional disease. Do not touch mouth when 
handling money. 

Again, a frequent source of danger is traceable 
to saloons, where promiscuous drinking out of 
glasses, not properly washed, has caused sores 
on the lips. The habit of washing glasses in 
a common sink is uncleanly, and cannot be 
too severely criticised. Every glass should be 
thoroughly showered with fresh water before 
being used by a second person. Cups used at 
public watering places are dangerous unless 
thoroughly washed. 

I feel called upon to refer to one other way 
of receiving disease. It is a degrading practice 
peculiar to young and middle-aged ladies. I 
refer to the handling, caressing, and kissing of 
dogs. Think of it! Not only is this a method 
of introducing disease into otherwise healthy 
families, but it has its social effect; it makes 
bachelors and spinsters. I have wondered, when 
I have heard of engagements being broken, if 
the young man had not become disgusted by 
seeing his dear one give her little poodle a fond 
embrace and kiss before greeting him. Dogs 
have their places in this world, as other animals. 
They are not responsible for the fact that their 



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anatomical make-up was not more complex, so 
that they could use a handkerchief when neces- 
sary, and a tooth brush after eating. 

Much more might be said in reference to the 
objections already raised on this subject. Re- 
forms generally move slowly and it is best not 
to hasten them too rapidly. 



ON THE PREVENTIVE FEATURES OF DIF- 
FICULTIES MERGING INTO SURGICAL 
NECESSITY i 

I INTEND simply to treat of the etiological 
factors — of difficulties which usually end in 
the necessity for the surgical procedure. 

This subject, which it is not my aim to elaborate 
to its fullest extent, will be dealt with in its 
relation to operations which have been a special 
source of study, observation, and experience, and 
which have required the most delicate technique 
of our most skilled surgeons in hospitals and in 
private practice up to the present time. 

The surgery dealt with and discussed at meet- 
ings, it will be noted, is confined almost, if not 
quite exclusively, to the history and most mod- 
ern technique of the surgical operation under 
discussion. 

The thought which is to prevail through this 
paper is to trace severally the diseases which 

1 Read at the Annual Meeting of the Surgical and 
Gynecological Section of the A. I. of H., held at Chicago, 
June 26 to July 1, 1905. 



64 The Soldier s Medical Friend 

will be referred to, showing the physiological 
and other causative factors leading up to morbid 
conditions. 

One side word right here — appropriate even 
to the young and brilliant graduate with a marked 
predilection to surgery as a life work: We believe 
that it is impossible to develop the best sort of 
surgeon without the preliminary training of 
general practice. At the period of graduation 
the young surgeon would be biased on operative 
lines. He would not have had time to scan the 
length and breadth, the height and depth, of 
the human organism, a mechanism so intricate 
that a life-long study must even fail to fathom 
its mysteries in its psycho-physiological and 
anatomical structure. It would seem, therefore, 
important that not only the normal relations of 
this intricate structure should be studied for 
at least ten years, but that the various morbid 
processes should be thoroughly understood by 
experience in actual practice, so that the surgeon 
in question may ever be on the alert for reflexes 
— in their relation to any morbid process which 
might be under consideration. This rule cer- 
tainly holds good in regard to any specialty, and 
I believe the safest and most scientific surgeon or 
physician of to-day is the one who has pursued 



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that course of development before his fixation 
period into a specialty. 

The whole trend of scientific thought to-day 
is to amend or to improve everything pertaining 
to the activities of life. Your health boards 
find it incumbent upon them not only to arrest 
the deadly epidemic of some contagious or in- 
fectious disease, but to probe deeply into the 
cause of the same. At your ports of entry your 
country is protected by methods of inspection, 
fumigation, and isolation if necessary. 

Other illustrations might be given, but sufficient 
has been shown to picture the progress that has 
been made for the better by removing causes of 
disease and thus making it possible to have a 
far better average condition of health than in 
earlier times, when such painstaking methods 
were neglected. 

This is Preventive Medicine, but our theme 
is Preventive Surgery. 

If I were to select alphabetically the various 
surgical diseases which you gentlemen are called 
upon to treat — I would not succeed in emphasiz- 
ing so well the subject under discussion any better 
than by selection of those difficulties which have 
been brought to the surgical profession of more 
recent years. 



66 The Soldier s Medical Friend 

In order to anticipate morbid conditions lead- 
ing up to the demand for surgical procedure, 
let us first refer to the mysteries with which we 
have to deal, namely the physiological process 
of life; and secondly, to the retrograde processes 
of metamorphosed tissue which finally develop 
into various forms of malign and malignant 
diseases and other inflammatory conditions re- 
quiring surgical intervention. 

I have been convinced for a long time — and 
my convictions are becoming stronger each day 
— that the physiology of life is not sufficiently 
understood and is most sadly neglected. In 
order to prevent the hardening of tissues, in 
order to avoid the permanency of indurations, 
which — as you all know — after a term of years 
are liable to undergo morbid and progressive 
changes developing into medically incurable 
conditions, such as arteriosclerosis, it is neces- 
sary that each individual set apart a sufficient 
time each day for the proper care of the body. 

There is really so much to this subject it is 
quite difficult to select a point to enter upon. 

It has been well said that "we are a mass of 
tubes/' and unless the contents of these canals, 
vessels, tubes, or ducts are kept in motion, the 
equivalent of stagnation would result. Take, 



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for instance, gall stones. Search your books on 
gall stones and what do you find? All sorts of 
theories as to the cause of the formation of these 
stones, and among the clinical reports it is not 
unusual to find members of the profession therein 
tabulated, and what does this prove? Either 
that the real cause is not understood or that 
physiological laws have been intentionally 
neglected. 

To show the importance of the regularity of 
physiological functions let me refer to an article 
recently published, in which it was stated that 
a man during every twenty-four hours makes, 
by the activity of the liver alone, a quantity of 
poison sufficient to kill in twenty-four hours three 
men of his own weight. Man forms in eight 
hours enough poison to kill himself by this 
hepatic secretion. In twenty-four hours the 
urine does not eliminate half the quantity neces- 
sary to poison a man — the urine of two days 
and four hours would be required in order to 
do this. I quote this from Studebaker — who 
further states that the volume being equal, bile 
is nine times as poisonous as urine. And we 
might go on in detail and show how wonderful 
indeed is the process by which such a deadly 
poison is manufactured for physiological uses 



68 The Soldier s Medical Friend 

and yet is disposed of as normally as urea by the 
kidneys. 

It is stagnation or the arresting of what we 
might denominate tubular vibration (a condition 
brought about by constipation — in most in- 
stances the result of neglect and inattention) 
which is the foundation of causes leading up to 
conditions which ultimately demand the operative 
procedure. 

In gall bladder disease, as in others I shall 
mention, operations have as etiological factors 
diverted physiology, as just explained. 

Now let us consider hypertrophy of the pros- 
tate. 1 Here we have to consider a process due 
to senile changes, and therefore in some respects 
we may consider it normal; or a condition of 
arteriosclerosis, a change gradually brought 
about by advancing age. Notwithstanding this, 
however, we are offering the suggestion that 
this condition can be anticipated and the sclerosis 
prevented by selected diet which has in view a 
more marked acidulation of the tissues. Acid 
fruits have a dissolving effect upon calculus 
formations. As an illustration of this thought 
you have noted the marked action of lemon juice 
upon the dentine of the teeth; in fact the state- 
1 See prescription in book. 



The Soldier s Medical Friend 69 

ment has been made that the action of this acid 
will dissolve even an agate button. 

Undoubtedly, by the regular use of a goodly 
quantity of liquids, acid fruits, and watery 
vegetables, the tissues will remain more mellow, 
as it were, and there will be less liability to 
congestions, hypertrophy, and tumor formations, 
often, we believe, the product of inordinate 
eating of a class of foods which take in the heavy 
meats. The reason why the latter diet cannot 
be as well tolerated as in the early years of the 
individual is due to the fact that muscular 
activity is greatly lessened, and as a result 
elimination is less perfectly performed, resulting, 
as a consequence, in all sorts of engorgements. 

But let us for a moment direct your attention 
to a difficulty not depending upon physiological 
neglect. I refer to various trauma received 
upon the external surface of the body. To 
illustrate — a woman receives a slight blow on 
the breast, and this injury, or an abscess there 
during the process of nursing, or an irritation of 
the nipple, may be the foundation of an indura- 
tion terminating in a morbid growth which 
ultimately becomes malignant. Now as we look 
at the various stages through which this injured 
part may pass, we have, first, an induration; 



70 The Soldier s Medical Friend 

second, adenoma and fibroma; and then usually 
sarcoma or carcinoma. Early and painstaking 
attention to these conditions would have pre- 
vented, in our opinion, the first tumor formation 
or the adenoma, an innocent growth. 

To the practitioner, I say, therefore, do not 
toy with a process of this kind unless you feel 
qualified to attend the case properly. Consult 
your surgeon rather than inform your patient 
that it will amount to nothing. 

Lastly, but not by any means the least, 
we are led to mention appendicitis. The name 
has become synonymous with surgery, but this 
should not be the case. It matters not what 
the surgeons may' think — what experiences they 
have had as practitioners, clinicians, or as pro- 
fessors of the art of deftness with the knife, I am 
quite as convinced now as I was in my early 
observations of the etiological factors leading up 
to appendicitis, that there must be something 
wrong in the life or habits of man which has 
brought upon him such a direful infliction. 
This we believe to be true; as true as in morbid 
processes connected with the stomach, bile 
tracts, and duodenum, which now demand 
surgical intervention. 

We fear that we have been too much inclined 



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to a routine train of thought, considering results 
as of greater importance than causes. The 
artistic operator finds in the appendix the coma 
bacillus, with possibly one or two other varieties 
of microbes, an occasional seed, or enterolith, 
and to these he ascribes the cause of appendicitis. 
The surgeon who practices his art exclusively is 
sure of one thing in regard to this sensational 
malady and that is that nothing but the knife 
can permanently save the patient afflicted. He 
is sure that medical relief must be palliative and 
that recurrence will happen until appendectomy 
has been performed. 

Of appendicitis Dr. Osier states: "All colics 
mean appendicitis nowadays and are admitted 
on the surgical side, much to the detriment of 
the patient as a rule, with the sacrifice of several 
weeks in bed and the loss of his appendix, when 
perhaps his pain was due to a lobster salad of 
the night before. Pain in the stomach nowadays 
is always appendicitis and is recognized by the 
doctor's wife over the telephone." 

We are glad to note some conservative remarks 
made in the section of surgery quite recently at 
the Illinois State Medical Society by Dr. Arthur 
Doane Bevan. On scanning the field, taking in 
the stomach and intestinal tract and while 



72 The Soldier s Medical Friend 

referring to the various conditions from a gastric 
irritation and ulcer to a carcinoma, his plea was 
"that the cases must be carefully selected and 
the surgeon must be sure that an operation is 
strongly indicated. Cases that can be cured by 
a summer's outing or by carefully selected diet 
should not be operated upon; nor should hopeless 
cases be operated upon. As to stomach ulcers, 
where intelligent treatment fails and they return 
and persist, then — and not until then — does 
the uncomplicated stomach ulcer become a 
surgical problem." 

Now, let us mentally picture a human being 
in all the activities of circulatory life and then 
consider what effect the arresting of the normal 
action of an organ would have. Is it not true 
that we have successively hyperemia, congestion, 
inflammation, and then destruction or a morbid 
process set up, or still worse? As soon as one 
organ becomes affected, immediately the whole 
system begins to sympathize or becomes involved 
to a greater or less extent. If it be the liver, at 
once the stomach and associate organs begin to 
feel the impress of diverted functions, which is 
followed by an arrest frequently of normal 
peristalsis. Or the difficulty may begin in the 
intestinal canal, when the individual, for business 



The Soldier s Medical Friend 73 

reasons, neglects nature's laws for a more con- 
venient season, and this is the fatal moment, for 
it may be the beginning of a stagnation of various 
secretions, or a congestion of some of the organs, 
or an impaction in the colon — the initiatory 
steps to an inflammation, suppuration, and 
possibly gangrene of the appendix. 

In this age of preventive medicine, it would 
seem to me the duty of the practitioner, and of 
the surgeon as well, to instruct the families with 
whom they come in contact on the importance 
of a regular system of hygiene. This would 
take in regular and frequent hot baths, which 
would relieve the kidneys of much of their work. 
Also the importance of an absolute regularity of 
the intestinal functions cannot be overestimated, 
for it is the neglect of this latter which is the 
cause of most cases of appendicitis. 

Just in proportion as the people are educated 
to give time and attention to themselves, so 
that the machinery of the body will perform its 
duties without the assistance of the various 
cathartics so generally in use, — just so sure and 
in that proportion will appendical difficulties 
decrease in number, until it will be brought to 
the attention of the physician and surgeon as 
only an occasional malady. 



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The medical profession is too humane and too 
advanced in higher education to encourage 
ignorance, but should rather take the position 
of instructors, which, we must admit, might 
be unwise from a mercenary standpoint, — yet 
a physician's duty to himself and to the public, 
and the responsibilities incident to his calling, 
would seem to demand a personal sacrifice for 
the philanthropic ends in view. 

Finally — how best can this education be 
carried on? By unity of effort on the part of 
the medical profession — a bureau elected for 
that purpose, composed of men especially gifted 
in dietetics, could formulate a system of diet 
and management of our bodily structures. 
This could be given to the press from time to 
time as coming from this organization and as 
representing the most recent thoughts on the 
subject. I have been glad to note during my 
professional career the marked willingness of 
the press to print gratuitously anything per- 
taining to the welfare of the people at large. 

I am sure that the public, regardless of educa- 
tion or social standing, afflicted as they are alike 
with the multitudinous processes of various 
diseases, — would welcome the magnanimity and 
the humanitarian instincts which would cause 



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the medical profession — as a body — to issue 
instructions which would have in view the 
prevention of the same, the outcome of which 
the title of my paper foreshadows, and which 
lead up to morbid or organic changes, incurable 
or demanding surgical intervention, for palliation 
or for permanent eradication. 



INVALUABLE PRESCRIPTIONS AND MEAS- 
URES FOR VARIOUS DIFFICULTIES 1 

Pyo-nephritis and Chronic Cystitis 

1$ Fid. ext. pichi 5ij 

Liq. potassii 3 j 

Aqua dest 3 vj 

M. Sig. — One teaspoonful t. i. d. 

For Flies or Mosquito Bites 

1^ Oil of pennyroyal one part 

Oil of pine tar three parts 

Oil of castor two parts 

Mix. Apply. 

Septic or La Grippe Bronchitis 

1^ Apinol or Eucalyptus oil (antiseptic and 

stimulating expectorant) 5 j 

Sig. — Take 3 to 5 drops on lump sugar, re- 
peating every 2, 4, or 6 hours. 

1 Reprint from the August Medical Summary. 



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Summer Fruit Mixture 

1$ Half glass shredded pineapple 
Half an orange 
Half a lemon 

Sugar syrup, jig of gin, seltzer, and cracked 
ice. 
Sig. — Eat. 

For Brain Fag, Paralysis of Aged, Senile 
Dementia, a Wonderful Rejuvenator 

Brain Emulsion (how to make) 

No. 1 

1$ Calves' brains Oiv 

Glycerine Oiij 

Spts. frumenti Oj 

Sodii chlorid 5 iv 

No. 2 
To prepare for taking: 

1^ Fid. ext. gaultheria B j 

No. 1 Oij 

Tinct. nux vomica 3iij 

Tinct. hydrastis 5iv 



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Tinct. eucalyptus 3ij 

Rect. spts § j 

Glycerine Oj § iv 

Trommer's extract of malt q. s. gal. j 

Mix. Sig. — One to four drachms t. i. d. 



TESTED FORMULAS 

Snake Bites 

The horror of the hunter, dog, or any beast 
should be treated quickly: Few have read 
Calmettes' book on "Venoms" and will have at 
hand the serum recommended. Wonderful re- 
sults have followed the use of iodine internally 
and externally: Ten drops in glass half full of 
water taking the equivalent of one or two drops 
repeated as seems necessary. Five-drop doses 
well diluted have saved hopeless cases in animals. 
Florida Indians cure themselves by opening 
freely the place bitten and keep part immersed 
in water. Iodine locally, and permanganate of 
potash to be used. Permanganate of potash 
internally | to | grain every two hours. 



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Warts 

Caustic potash moistened and applied to 
two or three of the most seedy will cause the 
"crop" to disappear usually within two weeks. 
Just allow the warts to drink in — as it were — 
the caustic. No dressing will be required. 

Toothache from Cavity Caries 

1$ Camphor gum, 

Chloral hydrate aa 5 ss 

Mix. Insert cotton pledget — which gives 
almost instant relief. It is antiseptic. 

Another: 

1$ Tinct. camphor 3j 

Tinct. aconite gtt. v 

Fowler's sol. arsenic gtt. v 

Mix. Apply same way. 

Headache and Indigestion Tablet, 
especially good in Menstrual Headache 

1$ Nux vomica gr. 1-10 

Belladonna gr. 1-1000 

Cimicifuga gr. 1-10 



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Pulsatilla gr. i-ioo 

Papain gr. i 

Soda bicarb gr. 2 

Pulv. charcoal (for each tablet) . . . . gr. 2 

Sig. — One repeated every three or six hours 
— if necessary to repeat. 



INVALUABLE PRESCRIPTIONS AND MEAS- 
URES FOR VARIOUS DIFFICULTIES 1 

Rheumatism 

1$ Tinct. aconite 5j 

Tinct. cimicifuga rac, 
Tinct. colchici, 
Tinct. cinchona, 

Valerian aa 3 iij 

Sat. sol. potass, iodidi 5 ss 

Syr. limonis ad q. s. § viij 

Sig. — One teaspoonful taken in water every 
three, six, or twelve hours as seems necessary. 
Auxiliary recommendations: Hot baths with 
deep rubs in tub each day. No meat. Fruits 
that agree, but lemon juice and hot water and 
grape fruit excellent. Bowels moved each day; 

1 Reprint from the July Medical Summary , 1916. 



The Soldier s Medical Friend 81 

Mt. Clemens salts the best, as it is antiseptic. 
Take in morning. 

Carbuncles 

Paint hyperaemic area with collodion but leave 
central one-fourth inch space. Inject a few drops 
after making crucial opening towards the peri- 
phery from opening, radiating as the spokes of 
a wheel in five or six directions the following: 

1$ Acidi carbolici sat gtt. xx 

Glycerine 5ij 

Aqua dest. . 3ij 

Dress with gauze sat. with bromine, 1-500, 
or chlorinated soda in 10 to 25 per cent solution. 
Cut away the sloughing tissue. 

Dyspepsia with Flatulency and Weakness 

1$ Soda bicarb 3ij 

Tinct. nucis vomicae 3 j 

Fairchild's ess. pepsin 5 ij 

Spts. f rumen ti 5 ij 

M. Sig. — One teaspoonful in water after 
meals. 



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Rhus Toxicodendron Poisoning, and Ezcema 

1$ Resorcin grs. xl 

Pulverized starch . . . 5iv 

Zinc, oxide 3iv 

Lanolin 3iij 

Vaseline 3vj 

M. Sig. — Apply. 



Mastoid Disease to Avoid 

1$ Alboline, or any refined liquid petro- 
leum 5 ij 

Oil of eucalyptus or apinol 3 j 

M. Sig. — Use nebulizer, inhaling well up the 
nose, and use in the throat. This will also 
prevent contagious diseases, as la grippe and 
the like. The antiseptic oil inhibits growth of 
germs. 

Acute Otitis and Acute Otalgia 

Of course the otalgia is the beginning of otitis, 
or may be a reflex. Remove the cause. The 
pain must be stopped at once and everything 
must be set in motion for the immediate relief. 



The Soldier s Medical Friend 83 

1$ Cosmoline or petroleum oil § j 

Tinct. aconite gtt. v 

Tinct. belladonna gtt. v 

M. Sig. — A few drops in the ear as warm 
as can be borne. Apply fluid extract belladonna 
around the ear. If not relieved quickly use 
leeches on the tragus and behind the ear. An 
electric pad over ear is excellent. 

Internally: Put gtt. x of Pulsatilla, v of 
aconite, and v of bell, into a glass two-thirds 
full of water. Give two teaspoonfuls every 
15, 30, or 60 minutes, as the case goes. This 
treatment will, with scarcely an exception, 
prevent abscess or rupture of the drum. 



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INVALUABLE PRESCRIPTIONS AND MEAS- 
UREMENTS FOR VARIOUS AILMENTS 

Some people think that fruits cannot be 
taken in cases of rheumatism, not being familiar 
with the opinion of Dr. Gantier — but which 
any one can prove who lives largely without 
meat — that "the citric acid combines with the 
carbonates in the blood and alkaline carbonates 
are formed which are beneficial in all overacid 
conditions." 

Catarrhal Inhalent 

1^ Tinct. iodine 5 ss 

Crys. sol. acid carbolic 5iv 

Aq. ammonia 5 iss 

Tinct. camphor 5iv 

(Oil of eucalyptol or apinol could be added, 
5ij.) 

M. Sig. — Cotton inserted into a small vial 
and saturated with this will act as an antisep- 
tic, arrest acute colds in the head, and by grasp- 
ing the nose, closing nostrils, and making the 
blowing of the nose process just sufficient to 
feel the air enter the Eustachian tubes will often 
arrest tinnitus aurium and catarrhal deafness. 



INDEX 



Acacia, pulverized, used in 
cancer, 37 

Acidity, in fruit, 29 

Aconite, use of, in appendi- 
citis, 6; in pneumonia and 
pleurisy, 34, 36 

Ammonia, antidote for bro- 
mine, 26 

Anders, Dr., of Philadelphia, 8 

Antidote, for bromine, 26 

Apinal, used in spray for 
nose and throat, vi, 10 

Appendicitis, how to avoid, 
v, 27; oil treatment of, 1- 
10; diet in, 2, 3, 6; max- 
ims, 4-7; morphine and 
opiates not to be given in, 5 ; 
chronic recurrent, calomel 
given in, 7; pus case of, to 
be operated on, 7; causes 
of, 30, 48, 70; Dr. Osier 
quoted on, 71 

Arsenious acid, used in cancer, 

37 

Arteriosclerosis, defined, v; 
causes of, v, 12; how to 
prevent, 68 

Asepticizing hands, in opera- 
tion, bromine used for, 25 

Aspiration, when to undertake, 
in pleurisy, 36 



Banana, the, food value of, 
30 

Bath, hot, in the morning, 11; 
importance of, 49 

Belladonna, used in appendi- 
citis, 6; used in pneumonia 
and pleurisy, 34, 36 

Bevan, Dr. Arthur Doane, 
quoted, 71 f. 

Bicarbonate of soda, with 
bromine, 24 f.; with calo- 
mel, 36; in water for mouth 
wash, 53 

Bichloride of mercury, used 
in poisoning from diet, 14; 
in typhoid fever, 52 

Bile, more poisonous than 
urine, 67 

Biniodide of mercury, used 
in diphtheria, 16 

Bite, dog, bromine used for, 
22; mosquito, prescription 
for, 76; snake, treatment 
of, 78 

Brain emulsion, how to make, 
77 

Brain fag, prescription for, 77 

Bromine, as antiseptic, vi; 
used for gangrene in War 
of Rebellion, vi, 19; for 
evaporation in diphtheria, 



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16; how to prepare, 17, 21; 
nature and uses of, in medi- 
cine and surgery, 18-26; for 
evaporation in typhoid, 53 

Bronchitis, septic or la grippe, 
prescription for, 76 

Bryonia, used in appendicitis, 
6; in pneumonia and pleu- 
risy, 34, 36 

Calculus formations, effect of 
acid fruits on, 68 f . 

Calisthenics, in the morning, 
11,49 

Calmette, author of "Ven- 
oms," 78 

Calomel, as cathartic in ap- 
pendicitis, 3, 6, 7; vapor, 
in diphtheria, 16 

Cancer, treatment of, 37-39; 
not hereditary, 60 

Carbolic acid, in water for 
mouth wash, 53 

Carbuncles, prescription for, 
81 

Castor oil, with sweet oil as 
cathartic, 2, 5 

Catarrhal inhalant, prescrip- 
tion for, 84 

Cathartic, castor oil and sweet 
oil combined used as, 2, 5 

Caustic, potash, used for 
warts, 79 

Cervical enlargments, medi- 
cated galvanic treatment 
of, 41 



Children, observations on care 
of, 48 ff . 

Chloride of ammonia, use 
in pneumonia, 35; in water 
for electrode in medicated 
galvanic treatment, 42 

Colon, enema in appendicitis, 
2, 6; olive oil thrown up 
in, 6 

Common sense suggestions, 
58-62 

Constipation, cause of ap- 
pendicitis, 1, 5, 30; cause 
of stagnation of "tubular 
vibrations," 68 

Consumption, is contagious, 
59 

Cotton jacket, use of, in 
pneumonia, 34 

Creolin, evaporation of, in 
pneumonia, 35 

Cystitis, chronic, in prostatic 
hypertrophy, 46; prescrip- 
tion for, 76 

Diarrhoea, Nature's means of 
relieving impaction, 5, 50 

Diet, strengthening, vi; in 
appendicitis, 2, 3, 6; best, 
for longevity, 12 f.; poison- 
ing from, bichloride of 
mercury used in, 14; for 
children. 48; in typhoid 
fever, 52; for prevention of 
prostatic hypertrophy and 
arteriosclerosis, 68 



Index 



87 



Diphtheria, how to prevent 
and arrest, 9; treated with- 
out antitoxin, 15-17 

Diphtheritic poison, bromine 
used for, 22 

Dissecting wounds, bromine 
used for, 23 

Doctors, advice to, 56 f. 

Drugs, specific action of, 
scientific basis of law of 
homeopathic therapeutics, 

54 ff. 
Dyspepsia, prescription for, 
81 

Eczema, prescription for, 82 

Education, in hygiene, how 
to promote, 73 ff . 

Emulsion, used in diphtheria, 
15 f.; brain, 77 

Enema, colon or high, used in 
appendicitis, 2, 3, 6; of 
olive oil, in appendicitis, 52 

Eucalyptus cerate, used for 
dog bite, 22; used in cancer, 
38 

Eucalyptus oil, used in pneu- 
monia, 35 

Fats, in fruits, 28, 30 
Flaxseed poultices, used in 

appendicitis, 2, 3, 5; used 

in pneumonia, 34 
Food omitted in acute attacks 

of appendicitis, 6; value, of 

fruit, 27 ff. 



Formaldehyde apparatus, use 
of small, in typhoid, 53 

Formulas, tested, 78 ff. 

Fruits, food value of, 27 ff.; 
effect of acid, on calculus 
formations, 68 f.; effects of, 
in rheumatism, 84 

Fumigation, bromine used for, 
25, 26 

Gall stones, how to avoid, v; 

many theories on, 67 
Gangrene, bromine used for, 

in War of Rebellion, vi, 19; 

use of bromine in diabetic, 

senile, and traumatic, 20, 21 
Gantier, Dr., quoted, 84 
Gelsemium, used in pneu- 
monia, 34 
General practice, preliminary 

training in, necessary for 

surgeon, 64 
Glycerin, used in appendicitis, 

3,6 
Goiter, treatment of, with 

medicated galvanic current, 

43 
Grape fruit, food value of, 29 
Grapes, food value of, 28, 29 
Grippe, la, how to avoid, vi; 

how to prevent and arrest, 

9; pneumonia and pleurisy 

initiated by, 32 
Gruel, strained oatmeal, as 

diet, 3, 6 



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Index 



Hahnemann, law for prescrib- 
ing drugs, 55 

.Handling money, danger of, 60 

Headache, tablet for, 79 f. 

Heitzmann Dr. Chas., skin 
cancer diagnosed by, 38 

Hepatic secretion, See Bile 

High (or colon) enema, used in 
appendicitis, 2, 3, 6 

Homeopathic therapeutics, sci- 
entific basis of, 54 ff. 

Horse epizootics, how to pre- 
vent, vi 

Hygiene, education in im- 
portance of regular system 
in, 73 ff. 

Hyperemia, cerebral, quinine 
causing, 33 

Hypertrophy, prostatic, treat- 
ment of, 45 ff.; cause of, 68 

Ileo-ceecal valve, 3 

Illinois State Medical Society, 

7i 

Indigestion, tablet for, 79 f. 

Influenza, how to avoid, vi; 
pneumonia and pleurisy in- 
itiated by, 32 

Iodine, tincture of, in water 
round electrode, 42; in 
water for mouth wash, 53; 
used for snake bites, 78 

Ipecac, used in pneumonia, 35 

Kidneys, work of, shifted by 
massaging, 11 



Kissing, dangers of, 58 ff. 
Knee chest position, used in, 
severe cases of appendicitis, 

Laxative, fruit, 27, 30; food 
substituted for meat, 28 

Lemon juice, action of, 68 f . 

Life-saver, bichloride of mer- 
cury a, in poisoning from 
diet, 14 

Limes, food value of, 29 

Listerine, in water for mouth 
wash, 53 

Lobelia, used in pneumonia, 35 

London Skin Hospital, 37 

Marsden's Paste, used in 

cancer, 37 
Mastoid disease, how to avoid, 

82 
Maxims, appendicitis, 4-7 
Meat, as food, compared to 

fruit, 27; to be omitted in 

diet, 28; not necessary for 

children, 49 
Medical Summary, 8 and note, 

11 note, 15 note, 32 note, 

37 note, 48 note 
Membrane, mucous, vi, 2; in 

diphtheria, 16 
Mercury, bichloride of, 14, 52; 

biniodide of, in diphtheria, 

16 
Method, of application, of 

medicated galvanic current, 

42 ff. 



Index 



8 9 



Milk, with salt, 3; pepton- 
ized, 3, 6, 52; sterilized, im- 
portance of, 48 

Morphine, not to be given in 
appendicitis, 5; effects of, 
in pneumonia and pleurisy, 
32 ff. 

Mosquito bites, prescription 
for, 76 

Mt. Clemens Salts, as laxative, 
14 

Mucous membrane, how to 
inhibit growth of germs in 
contact with, vi; sweet oil 
soothing and relaxing to, 
congested, 2 

Nebulization, medicated oil, 
prevents contagious dis- 
eases, 9 

Nebulizers, different kinds of, 
10 

Neuman's method for urethral 
stricture, 47 

"Night and Day Treatment, 
The," in diphtheria, 15 

Oatmeal gruel, strained, as 
diet, 3, 6 

Oil, of eucalyptus, vi, 10; 
olive, vi, 3, 4, 5, 7, 14, 50, 52; 
treatment in appendicitis, 
1-10; sweet, 2, 3, castor, 
2, 5; medicated, 9; pine- 
needle, 35 

Old age, how to forestall, n 



Olive oil, taken internally, in 
typhoid fever, vi, 52 ; use of, 
in appendicitis, 3, 4, 5, 7; 
understanding of, 14; to be 
used for children, 50 

Operation, not necessary in 
appendicitis, 4; when neces- 
sary in appendicitis, 7 

Opiates, not to be given in ap- 
pendicitis, 5 ; discontinua- 
tion of, in pneumonia, 57 

Oranges, food value of, 29 

Osier, Dr., quoted, 71 

Otalgia, acute, prescription 
for, 82 f. 

Paraffin, effect of liquid, on 
bowels, 14 

Paralysis, infantile, how pre- 
vented and arrested, 9; 
cardiac, caused by quinine, 
S3; of aged, prescription 
for, 77 

Pavy, Dr., use of oil in ty- 
phoid fever by, 8 

Penicillium, a form of fungi, 
on skins of oranges, etc., 28 

Peptonized milk as diet in ap- 
pendicitis, 3, 6 

Perforation, how to prevent, in 
typhoid fever, vi; of in- 
testines caused by typhoid 
microbe, 52 

Peristalsis, how to increase, 
v, vi; arrest of, by morphine 
and opiates, 5; importance 



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Index 



of active, 30; should not be 
arrested, 50; arrest of nor- 
mal, 72 

Peritonitis, septic, bromine 
used in, 25 

Permangate of potash, used 
for snake bites, 78 

Petroleum, liquid, in spray for 
nose and throat, vi; puri- 
fied, taken internally in 
typhoid fever, vi; to pre- 
vent horse epizootics, vii; 
products, effect of refined, 
on bowels, 14 

Peyer's glands, compress of 
water on, in typhoid fever, 
52 

Phagocytes, control bacteria, 
27 

Phenacetin, use of, in ap- 
pendicitis, 6 

Phthisis, bacillus of, in human 
system, 59 

Physiological functions, fruit 
a regulator of, 27; im- 
portance of regularity of, 
48, 67, 70 

Physiology of life, not suffi- 
ciently understood, 66 

Pineapples, food value of, 29 

Pine-needle oil, used in pneu- 
monia, 35 

Pinoleum, in spray for nose 
and throat, vi; nebulizer, 10 

Pleurisy, how to treat acute, 
36 



Pneumonia, recurrence of, 4; 
how to prevent and arrest, 
9; observations in treat- 
ment of, 32 ff.; first treat- 
ment by medication in, 34; 
no opiates, in 57 

Poison, diphtheria, bromine 
used for, 22; made by 
activity of liver, 67 

Poison ivy. See Rhus Toxi- 
codendron 

Poisoning, from diet, use of 
bichloride of mercury in 
14; from poison ivy (Rhus- 
Toxicodendron), use of 
bromine in, 24 

Position, Trendelenberg, 3, 6; 
knee chest, 3; in bed when 
sleeping, 12 

Prescriptions in, diphtheria, 
15, 16; how to prepare 
bromine, 17, 21; in cancer, 
38; in typhoid fever, 53; 
invaluable, for various dif- 
ficulties, 76-84 

Prevention, of degenerative 
changes of living tissues, 11 

Principles, essential, for pre- 
servation of normal phys- 
iology, v, 48; in treatment 
of appendicitis by nonope- 
rative plan, 2 

Promiscuous kissing, the 
dangers incident to, 8 

Prostatectomy, for radical cure 
of prostatic hypertrophy, 46 



Index 



9 l 



Prostatic hypertrophy, treat- 
ment of, 45; cause of, 68 

Pus cases, in appendicitis, 7 

Putrefaction, tendency to, 
of organized food, 27; ar- 
rested by use of fruit, 30; 
meat source of, 48; avoid- 
ance of food causing, 56 

Pyo-nephritis, prescription for, 
76 

Quinine, used for diphtheritic 
poison, 22; effect of, in 
pneumonia, 32, 33 

Recurrence, of appendicitis, 
3, 4; of pneumonia, 4; of 
tonsillitis, 4 

Regularity of physiological 
functions, importance of, 
48, 76, 70 

Regulator, of physiological 
functions, fruit as, 27 

Remedies, for intestinal dif- 
ficulties in children, 50; 
proving of, 54 

Rheumatism, prescription for, 
80; effect of fruits, 84 

Rhus Toxicodendron poison- 
ing, treatment of, with 
bromine, 24; prescription 
for, 82 

Schrady, Dr., quoted, 8 
Scientific thought, trend of, 
to-day, 65 



Senile dementia, prescription 
for, 77 

Septic bronchitis, prescrip- 
tion for, 76 

Septicaemia, induced by kiss- 
ing, 58 

Shot wound, bromine used for, 
22 f. 

"Similia Similibus Curantur," 
not basis of law of homeo- 
pathic therapeutics, 54 f 

Sinuses, in various regions, 
use of bromine for, 25 

Snake bites, treatment of, 78 

Soda, bicarbonate of, used 
with calomel as cathartic, 
3, 6; as antiseptic in mouth 
wash, 53 

Sodium bicarbonate. See Bi- 
carbonate of soda 

Sphacelation, due to frozen 
feet, use of bromine solution 
in, 20 

Spray, for nose and throat, vi 

Starch, in fruit, 28, 30 

Stool, desired, in appendicitis, 
5; stench of, to be watched, 
28, 31, 56 

Studebaker, quoted, 67 

Sugar, in various kinds of 
fruits, 28, 29, 30 

Sulphur, burning of, in ty- 
phoid fever, 53 

Sulphurous acid, used in treat- 
ment of diphtheria, 15, 17 

Summer fruit mixture, 77 



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Index 



Surgery, uses of bromine in, 
18-26 

Sweet oil, application of hot, in 
appendicitis, 2, 3; taken in- 
ternally in appendicitis, 2; 
with castor oil as cathartic, 2 

Symptomatology, not basis of 
law of homeopathic thera- 
peutics, 54 f. 

Syphilis, dangers of, 60 

Tamar Indien, made of the 
tamarind, 29 

Tamarind, food value of, 29 

Tartar emetic, used in pneu- 
monia, 35 

Teeth, importance of brush- 
ing, 49, 53 

Tested formulas, 78 ff. 

Tongue, importance of brush- 
ing, 49, 53 

Tonsilitis, recurrence of, 4 

Toothache, from cavity caries, 
prescription for, 79 

Toxaemia, how to avoid, v; 
meat source of, 48; cause 
of, 49 

Toxins, products of meat 
putrefaction, in circulation 
v; when developed, 27 

Trachea, membrane in diph- 
theria in, 16 

Transplantation, in case of 
cancer, 38 

Trask's ointment, hot, in 
diphtheria, 16 



Trauma, development of, 69 f . 

Treatment, oil, for appendi- 
citis, 1-10; of diphtheria 
without antitoxin, 15-17; 
of septic wounds with bro- 
mine, 21-26; of pneumonia 
and pleurisy, 32-36; of 
cancer, 37-39; of tuber- 
culous glands, goiter, uter- 
ine fibroids, and prostatic 
hypertrophy with medi- 
cated galvanic current, 40- 
47; of typhoid fever, 52, 53 

Trendelenberg position, 36, 

Tubercular disease, how 
looked upon by physicians, 
41; cervical, how cured 41 

Tubercular glands, treatment 
of, 40 ff. 

Tumor formations, diet to 
prevent, 69 

Typhoid fever, Dr Pavy's 
treatment of, 8; oil used 
in, 9; treatment of, 52 f. 

Ulcers, bromine used for, 26; 

of stomach, when to be 

operated on, 72 
Urethral stricture, Neuman's 

method for, 47 
Uterine fibroids, treatment of, 

43 ff., reduced in size, 45 

Valve, ileo-caecal, 3 
Vegetables, as diet, vi 
Veratrum viride, used in ap- 



Index 



93 



pendicitis, 6; in pneumonia 
and pleurisy, 34, 36 

War of Rebellion, bromine 
used for gangrene in, vi, 19 

Warts, how to remove 79 

Water, hot, used in appendi- 
citis, 2, 3, 4, 7; free allow- 
ance of, in appendicitis, 6; 
cold, after hot bath, 49; 
hot, in typhoid fever, 52; 
compress of, in typhoid, 52 

Watson, Ex-Surgeon General 
W. H., success of, in treat- 



ment of pneumonia and 
pleurisy, 36 

Whisky, use of, for diphthe- 
ritic poison, 22 

Whital Tatum Company, 
nebulizer, 10 

Wounds, bromine used for 
infected, vi, 21-26 

Young, how to look and feel, 



Zymole, in water for mouth 
wash, 53 



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